Daniel Johnston
Outsider artist and musician
Sayings by Daniel Johnston
When the aliens come, they're going to judge us by our art.
I'm not really a musician. I'm more like a caveman pounding on rocks.
The Beatles are angels sent from heaven to make the world happy.
I wrote 50 songs in one week when I was manic. Some of them were 20 minutes long.
Caspar the Friendly Ghost told me to keep making art no matter what.
I ate nothing but McDonald's for a year because I thought they were putting messages in the food.
I was abducted by aliens. They put a plug in my nose and they were trying to steal my songs.
The devil is real. I've seen him. He's a businessman.
I'm just a person who writes songs about Casper the Friendly Ghost and Captain America.
I saw a monster in my bedroom. It was the devil. He told me I was going to hell.
My songs are like little movies. They're all true stories.
I'm afraid of everything. Especially frogs.
The Beatles saved my life. But they also ruined it.
I drew a picture of a frog with a machine gun. That's how I feel sometimes.
My brain is like a radio that picks up too many stations at once.
I talk to my tape recorder more than I talk to people.
Satan is in my TV. He talks to me through the commercials.
I want to be a cartoon when I grow up.
My songs are like ghosts. They haunt me until I record them.
I saw a UFO over McDonald's. It was shaped like a hamburger.