We were really motivated to do something with this record overseas, even though I hate touring. – Daniel Johns
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. – Daniel Johns
There was three or four years of my life where I hated myself and you know, would have quite happily ended it. – 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
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
The touring for this album was definitely going to be the most intense touring we’ve done. – Daniel Johns
I wrote… Neon Ballroom in that time where I hated music, really everything about it, I hated it. – Daniel Johns
Kinda when I stopped eating was on our second album, just as it felt like everything was so out of control. – Daniel Johns
Though, since the first record, I’ve dramatically changed my expectations for our records. – Daniel Johns
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. – Daniel Johns
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
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
I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I’ll appreciate my health if I get better. – Daniel Johns
It just makes everything more pleasurable when you’ve got someone that emotionally is there to rely on. – Daniel Johns
I think I definitely got scared by the second or third time a doctor told me I was dying. – Daniel Johns
