All David Johansen Quotes
- Everything I've done I've just fallen into. Fallen
- I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it. Alive
- As I recall, my life as a child was so all-consuming that I barely had time to consider the future. All
- I don't really like to sit around the house listening to my own records. They're not that good. Good
- I listen to a lot of different kinds of music. Different Kinds
- I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli. Arrested
- I'm not impersonating anybody. I'm perfectly satisfied with what I am. Anybody
- I'm doing exactly what I want to do, and I'm having fun doing it. Exactly
- I've been tired since I was 15. Been
- I've been around the block a couple of times, and the guy I am now is the guy I like to be. Been
- When you're a kid, you have this feeling like you're indestructible. Your mortality doesn't even occur to you. But as time goes by, you realize,… Better
- I mean, if you asked me what I'm going to be doing when I'm 85, I'd make a quick picture in my mind and, well,… Asked
- It's really a drag to do the same project over and over again. Drag
- Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands. Band
- Music is my love and to me acting is more mercenary. I don't pound the pavements for roles: if it happens, it happens. I hate… Acting
- My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian. Father
- Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable. Almost Bearable
- Sometimes when I hear my voice on tape, I'm like, 'Who is that horrible man? Hear
- The first Latin music that blew my mind was bumba, which was a Puerto Rican beat. Beat
- Until I was six years old we lived in the projects, then my two brothers and three sisters and I moved to a three-bed that… Bed
- When I was a kid, I had some Charles Lloyd records. Charles
- When I'm sleeping I do a lot of living. Funny
- I still do a lot of shows with Brian Koonin, but we haven't had a full band lately. Band
- We thought that's the way you were supposed to be if you were in a rock 'n' roll band. Flamboyant. Band
- There's so much negative bullshit being forced down people's throats in the marketplace, we really wanted to create a thing of beauty that will stand… Add