Quotes by Daniel Johns

About Daniel Johns:

Daniel Paul Johns is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter. Best known as the former front man of the rock band Silverchair, Johns is also one half of The Dissociatives with Paul Mac and, in 2007, was ranked at number 18 on Rolling Stone??'?s list of The 25 Most Under-rated Guitarists.
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I'm always active in trying to educate people when it comes to eating animal products, testing on animals, and the health benefits of being vegan, although I'm probably not the best person to be talking about the latter at the moment.

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I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I'll appreciate my health if I get better.

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I am very scared of being outside my home for long periods of time.

Daniel Johns

I start sweating and shaking and having panic attacks if I am not at home.

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I had to try and find a way to express happiness without sounding corny.

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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.

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We never considered ourselves to be a good band or anything, we just thought we were playing for fun and we wanted to play music that sounded like Black Sabbath or Soundgarden or the music we were into at that time.

Daniel Johns

There was three or four years of my life where I hated myself and you know, would have quite happily ended it.

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It makes it hard to get over a certain period of your life when you are constantly revisiting it every night.

Daniel Johns

So I went and visited a doctor and he diagnosed me with reactive arthritis.

Daniel Johns

Though, since the first record, I've dramatically changed my expectations for our records.

Daniel Johns

The touring for this album was definitely going to be the most intense touring we've done.

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

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Kinda when I stopped eating was on our second album, just as it felt like everything was so out of control.

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

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Basically, the reason I'm vegan is because when I was about 16 or 17 years old, I began to understand that we don't need to contribute to the killing and exploitation of animals to feed our bodies correctly.

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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.

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Reactive arthritis is something I've been dealing with for nearly a year.

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I never really paid attention to sales until the second record.

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Touring doesn't kill me and I can handle it.

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Author Bio

  • NameDaniel Johns
  • DescriptionAustralian musician
  • BornApril 22, 1979
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionSinger; Composer