#or

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

#beaten #because #being #could #enough

I know if I don't tour people will forget the record and you run a high risk of the record failing. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#forget #high #i #know #our people

I think I definitely got scared by the second or third time a doctor told me I was dying. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#doctor #dying #got #i #i think

It just makes everything more pleasurable when you've got someone that emotionally is there to rely on. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#everything #got #just #makes #more

There's an inherent thing in me where, if things are going too smooth, I'll sabotage the hell out of them, just to make the music more of a sanctuary. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#hell #i #inherent #just #make

For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh. ↗

— Georges Rouault

#forget #laugh #life #me #night

We were really motivated to do something with this record overseas, even though I hate touring. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#hate #i #motivated #overseas #really

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

#collection #deep #deep purple #first #i

With our first two records we backed ourselves into a hole musically. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#first #hole #into #musically #our

The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#country #death #dictator #eyes #freedom