Daniel Johnston famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Most of the worst things said about me, I've said myself.
-- Daniel Johnston

#Said #Worst
Listen up and I'll tell a story about an artist growing old. Some would try for fame and glory; others aren't so bold.
-- Daniel Johnston

#Artist #Trying #Stories
The sun don't shine in your TV!
-- Daniel Johnston

#Shining #Sun #Tvs
I wish I had never got manic depression. When I was in junior high, I didn't know what was the matter with me. It was as if I'd died or something. Now that I go to a clinic and get the right kind of medicine, I am not as depressed as I used to be.
-- Daniel Johnston

#Medicine #Wish #Juniors
For the longest time I was afraid I'd have to keep on working at the factories. There was a steel mill and a pottery; if you didn't go to college, you went to work in those places.
-- Daniel Johnston

#College #Steel #Pottery
When I was a kid, I always thought that I'd be a comic book artist. It took a long time to start thinking that I could be a musician.
-- Daniel Johnston

#Book #Kids #Artist
I've got something to live for, because I always wanted to be an artist; I always wanted to be famous.
-- Daniel Johnston

#Artist #Wanted
I like to tour, but I prefer to tour in the United States. If I go overseas, I tend to get into trouble.
-- Daniel Johnston

#United States #Trouble #States
To understand and be understood is to be free.
-- Daniel Johnston

#Understood
There is a devil, and he knows my name.
-- Daniel Johnston

#Names #Devil
Do yourself a favor, become your own savior.
-- Daniel Johnston

#Favors #Savior

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