So I went and visited a doctor and he diagnosed me with reactive arthritis.

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• Daniel Johns:

  I'm lucky the arthritis happened at the time that it did because of the record.

• Daniel Johns:

  I never really paid attention to sales until the second record.

• Daniel Johns:

  Though, since the first record, I've dramatically changed my expectations for our records.

• Daniel Johns:

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

• Daniel Johns:

  With our first two records we backed ourselves into a hole musically.

• Daniel Johns:

  We were perceived as a post-grunge band.

• Daniel Johns:

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

• Daniel Johns:

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

• Daniel Johns:

  Touring doesn't kill me and I can handle 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.