38 Quotes by Daniel Johnston

I've got something to live for, because I always wanted to be an artist; I always wanted to be famous.

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.

The sun don't shine in your TV!

I like to tour, but I prefer to tour in the United States. If I go overseas, I tend to get into trouble.

Love is the question; Love is the answer.

I believe in spiritualism. It's like, when you listen to music or something and then you're sort of primed. If you're an artist, you're sort of primed and inspired, and you start drawing, you sort of have the spirit of what you're listening to, still in you. You just have sort of an inspiration.

Do yourself a favor, become your own savior.

To understand and be understood is to be free.

I believe in God, and I certainly believe in the devil. There's certainly a devil, and he knows my name.