David Johansen quotes

I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli. (David Johansen)
It's really a drag to do the same project over and over again. View quote
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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, "I better cut this out or that out if I want to continue to exist." View quote
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I'm doing exactly what I want to do, and I'm having fun doing it. View quote
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I'm not impersonating anybody. I'm perfectly satisfied with what I am. View quote
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I've been around the block a couple of times, and the guy I am now is the guy I like to be. View quote
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I've been tired since I was 15. View quote
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Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable. View quote
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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 that auditioning thing. View quote
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I listen to a lot of different kinds of music. View quote
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I still do a lot of shows with Brian Koonin, but we haven't had a full band lately. (David Johansen)
My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian. View quote
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When I was a kid, I had some Charles Lloyd records. View quote
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The first Latin music that blew my mind was bumba, which was a Puerto Rican beat. View quote
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I don't really like to sit around the house listening to my own records. They're not that good. View quote
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As I recall, my life as a child was so all-consuming that I barely had time to consider the future. View quote
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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 my mother's father built. View quote
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When I'm sleeping I do a lot of living. View quote
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I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it. View quote
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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, I'll be singing. View quote
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Everything I've done I've just fallen into. (David Johansen)
Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands. View quote
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Sometimes when I hear my voice on tape, I'm like, 'Who is that horrible man?' View quote
David Johansen

David Johansen

David Johansen - Image
Photo: Montecruz Foto from Berlin, Alemania, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: January 9, 1950
Died: February 28, 2025
Quotes count: 23

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