Quotes from Daniel Johns

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

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

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

Trees have feelings too, and no one ever says 'hi' to them. Next time you're outside and see a tree, say 'hello'.

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

None of us are really dumb and none of us are really smart. We're in the middle.

Think what you want, this is what we are.

I've never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring.

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.

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.

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.

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

A lot of people who get into any art form have some form of mental..something in their head which is unstable

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.