Daniel...

Name: Daniel Paul Johns
What his name means:God is my judge(Daniel) Small(Paul)
What he does in the band: Writes all the lyrics and some of the music, plays lead guitar and sings
Other Instruments Played: Trumpet and a bit of drums
Nickname: Johnsie, Danny Boy
Birthday: April 22 1979
Which makes him..: A Taurus
But his moon is in: Pisces
Pet: A dog named Sweep, althought he used to have a rabbit named jack, a goldfish and some sort of lizard
Siblings: has a younger brother Heath(16), sister Chelsea(10)

Other facts about Daniel:

He has asthma and has to be kept in a smoke free area, is vegan
Had his eyebrow pierced twice but it got infected and he had to take them out
He loves any video game with killing in it
But he also loves race car games
Spends a lot of him time sleeping
His favorite tv show is Sinefield
Favorite movie is Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas, although he also loves artsy films
He loves Beavis and Butthead and Rugrats
He has no girlfriend
Favorite subject in school was english
Likes cooking soup and pasta among other things
Has mentioned an interest in the Australian soap 'Neighbours'
He recently choped off all his hair up to about his chin and dyed it redish-brown, then it was back to blonde and it's a bit longer, and in big dreds, but finaly he cut it short and ditched the dreads.
He has a fear of drowning
He likes South Park
Has sort of a thing for Fiona Apple
Sleeps with a stuffed animal named Doola
He says he's not completely straight-edge, but he can't drink because he has ulcers
Used to take breakdancing classes when he was very little
Has an animal liberation tatto
Says that if he were a Spice Girl, He'd be Posh
Serriously dislikes Britney Spears
Loves reading anything from his litle sister's teeny bopper magazines to his dad's Egyptian architecture books.
He says he loves a good conspiracy.
Believes in Aliens
Had an imaginary friend named Robin
Thinks that Kate Bush's "The Dreaming" is the best album ever
He didn't like the movie "Slidding Doors"
Favourite place he's been on tour is Insbrook, Austria
He says his only regret is that on Freak Show he changed a few lines of some of the songs, and didn't record one because he feared how they would be perseved
Thinks "The Trueman Show" is Jim Carrey's best movie

DANIEL QUOTES:

"Ben's always picking up other instruments, messing about. He's a frustrated guitar hero.....He also sings a bit, but he's different to me. Ben has more of a death metal approach."

"If i were a fisherman, i would catch fish. if i were an octagon, i'd have many sides. and if i were a prostitute, i would fuck and fuck and fuck and fuck and fuck!

"There are a lot of wankers, and a lot of people who think they are really hardcore and cool but they're not."

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

"Stop throwing shit. If you're gonna throw stuff throw it at Ben just don't throw it at Chris. He's a mean motherfucker and he'll kick your ass"

"I haven't had a girlfriend since I was 14, I don't want a girlfriend. We don't have any time, and it's hard now to meet people and wonder if they like me or they like my money. It's too much of a hassle, so I just got a f**king dog"

"'man-nil-la... tastes like vanilla, someone tried to kill her, cos she stole my pillar!'"

"I find it hard to make friends with people, because I don't trust many people," he explains. I used to, but I don't anymore. It's not like I hate everyone. It's just hard to find people I trust. That's why I love Ben."

"I'm not afraid to show my feminine side .. I'm proud of it. In fact, me & Ben have an announcement to make .."

"Ben's obssessed with breasts. When he can't get a girl he plays with his own, or mine if he's really bored."

From the Bikini Interview: "We were just... We're from Australia!"

“We’re going to see who can dance the best, the top or the bottom. I’m going to keep tags on who’s the best. The winner gets to have sex with Ben Gillies, including males. He’s experimented on me, and it’s not bad."

"Fuck food! Fuck food!"

"They looked at me, and made me scared....and then I left"

"rock is the answer, violence solves nothing"

"There's one problem in society today, do you want me to tell you what it is? Social prejudice and hatred...and a belief that Santa Claus is real." The audience laughed and he went on to make some crude but funny jokes about Santa's weight and Mrs.Claus, he was about to start Israel's Son before he remembered there were younger people in the audience, so he reminded the younger kids that he was just joking... Except wait, if there's any young people in the audience that was just a joke to look cool to the older crowd. It's not true. Now I'm not fucking joking, I saw a reindeer when I was little. It was nothing to do with Santa but I did see a reindeer. It looked very nice...it was very sexy."

"What? You want Ben to put his head thru the kit drum? Heads aren't meant for kit drums, kit drums aren't meant for heads. Hats are for heads, heads are for hats. Which would be good if you worked in a hat factory"

"I don't think you can be too young to be too deep..I just write about whatever I'm feeling. I'm not trying to be deep, it just happens to be deep. I can be shallow, I can be very shallow"

"People don't understand sarcasim, like, they take everything too serriously. People need to lighten up and go ice skating."

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

"I have dreams about going after people with knives. I was running and all these people were throwing knives at each other, and it was dark and scary and cloudy, like a labyrinth, I fell in a hole and blood started falling in, and I was drowning in it. So I got this knive from a guy who had been stabbed and was making me drown in blood, and I threw it and killed him."

"In America there's a lot more room to like, run around and be silly"

"I get on really well with my parents, we've grown really close. I never fight with them. They were the ones who got me into music. Mum and Dad got me into Black Sabbath. Before that I was just a break dancer."

"Money is nothing except a false sense of power"

About his favourite childhood memory "Probably every Christmas and every birthday, whenever I was getting stuff. [Laughs] Everyone sitting around and everone focusing on me, I was pretty happy."

"I pretty much hate everone before I meet them. I judge people, which I'm trying to stop, but it's very hard because I hate everyone before I know who they are. They've got to win me over.."

"Thanks for coming tonight, on a Sunday night. Sixty-Minutes is on and there are probably some good stories you're missing. Thanks for choosing silverchair over Sixty-Minutes."

"How strong is the glass?"

"I really am a terrorist.. So, you know.. Watch out!"

"There's also some aspects to my personality that aren't depressing you know, when I'm not on tour or writing music I'm just at home being an average guy. I don't want people to think I'm whinging and I don't want people to feel sorry for me, I couldn't give a shit. I just wanted to be honest."

"If you touch me, I swear to god I'll combust."

"Our toliets just suck"

"Who Here Believes In Mortal Kombat? WHO BELIEVES TO FIGHT TO THE FUCKING DEATH? Well we dont, The buddhists dont neither does the dahli llama, Ok Who here believes in Jesus? Who Here believes in Satan? Yeh we thought so, Satan always wins no matter where we go Chicago, Canberra or Germany .... GERMANY FUCKIN' LOVES SATAN, SATAN FUCKIN' RULES! Don't get me wrong, we believe in Jesus, but not that Jesus, we believe in all gods."

"I don't have any dreams... They're all fufilled."

"Without the negative experinces you wouldn't really feel the positive."

"Ben's Mini Chad"."

"Paint Pastel Princess is good for Ben because he's a bit gay and wears lipstick ocasionally"

"We were talking about the similiarities between us and the Spice Girls and the Backstreet Boys and so on. There's like a cute Spice, right, like Baby Spice, that's Sam, because he's innocent and new. Then there's Sporty Spice who's like Chris, 'cause he's in good shape, works out and stuff, keeps himself well maintained. Ben is Scary Spice 'cause he's a drummer, he's wild. And I'm Posh Spice because I'm a bitch -- and I'm gonna be married to a famous soccer player."

"I like to influence girls."

"It isn't unusal for a school to disklike their principal. You know when I was in school I hated my principal but not because he wasn't nice, just because he was principal. I hated him as a matter of principle, get it?"

"Anyone who wants to be in a movie after the show go to the nearest McDonalds because we're going to film a movie. We're going to film a how to purchase a burge movie. It's really good."

"We're going to be like teachers tonight bcause we want to be teachers."

"I think she was joking but I can't understand Americans very well."

"If you own three of our albums you probabl know it. If you own two of our albums there's a 2/3 chance you'll know it. If you own 1 of your albums there's a 1/3 chance you'll know it, and if you don't own any of our albums you probably won't like it."

aww just go back home..