Candles are good as long as you're not me and you don't fall asleep and your house burns down. Daniel Johns More Quotes by Daniel Johns More Quotes From Daniel Johns I know if I don't tour people will forget the record and you run a high risk of the record failing. Daniel Johns journey running people Touring doesn't kill me and I can handle it. Daniel Johns touring kill-me handle There was three or four years of my life where I hated myself and you know, would have quite happily ended it. Daniel Johns four three years If negative meant positive we'd be heroes. Daniel Johns ifs hero negative So I went and visited a doctor and he diagnosed me with reactive arthritis. Daniel Johns arthritis doctors I made a conscious effort to make a record that would affect people in a good way rather than the last one, which affected people in a bad way. Daniel Johns records effort people Reactive arthritis is something I've been dealing with for nearly a year. Daniel Johns arthritis years I have a theory because I was being beaten up a lot by people outside of school, it was almost like if I could make myself sick enough they'd take sympathy on me. Daniel Johns sympathy people school I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I'll appreciate my health if I get better. Daniel Johns stay-positive get-better appreciate I've never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring. Daniel Johns boring social want I have never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring. I'm just not very good with people, and you meet people every night who expect you to be this rock star with these developed social skills, which I don't have. Daniel Johns rocks stars night I don't know if sitting home everyday is normal, but that's what I do. Daniel Johns everyday sitting home It just makes everything more pleasurable when you've got someone that emotionally is there to rely on. Daniel Johns rely I have not really experienced any significant conflict with anyone in regard to my choice to be vegan, although going out to eat is hard sometimes. Daniel Johns vegan going-out choices I never really paid attention to sales until the second record. Daniel Johns paid records attention Me and my dog are best friends. Daniel Johns my-dog dog There are a lot of wankers, and a lot of people who think they are really hardcore and cool but they're not. Daniel Johns hardcore people thinking It makes it hard to get over a certain period of your life when you are constantly revisiting it every night. Daniel Johns hard-life periods night I wrote... Neon Ballroom in that time where I hated music, really everything about it, I hated it. Daniel Johns neon ballroom hated When we first began and I was 14, my influences were the stuff that was in my parent's record collection like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. Daniel Johns purple records parent