What is Daniel Johnston?
[[File:Daniel Johnston at Emos 1.jpg|right|thumb|Daniel Johnston in 2006]] '''Daniel Johnston''' (January 22, 1961 &ndash; September 11, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] [[songwriter]], [[singer]], and [[artist]] who lived in [[Texas]]. Johnston has [[bipolar disorder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2006/04/07/his_life_is_troubling_his_fame_disturbing/?rss_id=Boston%2BGlobe%2B--%2BTy%2BBurr%2B%2Bcolumns|title=His life is troubling, his fame disturbing |last=Burr|first=Ty|date=2006-04-06|publisher=Boston Globe|access-date=2010-02-15}}</ref> The movie ''The Devil and Daniel Johnston'' is about his life and music career. Born in [[Sacramento, California]], Johnston grew up in [[West Virginia]] in a [[Christian]] family. He became a Beatles fan when he was young,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/absoluteelsewhere/2037/daniel-johnston-in-a-mixed-up-shook-up-world/|title= In a mixed up, shook up world|access-date=2010-02-15 |last=Reid |first=Graham |publisher=Elsewhere }}</ref> then went off to college but did not finish. He moved to Texas to live with his brother, and ended up joining a circus. He left the circus after another worker beat him up for taking too long in a restroom,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20061006a2.html|title= Failing to tame a beast within|access-date=2010-02-15 |last=Fazio |first=Giovanni |date=2006-10-06 |publisher=The Japan Times }}</ref> and found a church in [[Austin, Texas]] that helped him find somewhere to live. Johnston's religious beliefs are mentioned in many of his songs, especially on his album ''1990''. Johnston's music career started in Austin in the 1980s. He made cassette tapes of songs he performed on a chord organ and gave many of them out for free to people he met.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonyclassics.com/devilanddaniel/aboutthefilm.html |title=The Devil and Daniel Johnston |access-date=2010-02-15 |publisher=Sony Pictures |archive-date=2012-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/