Quotes by David Johansen

David Johansen

A lot of stuff I do, 10 years later it becomes popular.

As I recall, my life as a child was so all-consuming that I barely had time to consider the future.

Children

Consuming

Recalls

Everything I’ve done I’ve just fallen into.

Done

Fallen

I don’t know if it’s possible to affect my ego any more. There’s no room left. For me, I think I make music like the way I think it should be made, like what rock should sound like. It has nothing to do with the current marketplace. And so from that state of mind, it’s gonna sound different from anything else out there. And when something sounds different, I think that can be inspiring to other musicians.

Ego

Mind

Thinking

I don’t know why I’m alive but I know there’s a reason for it.

Alive

Knows

Reason

I don’t really like to sit around the house listening to my own records. They’re not that good.

House

Listening

Records

I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli.

Memphis

Stage

Too Much

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.

Different

Different Kinds

Kind

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.

Mean

Mind

Singing

I still do a lot of shows with Brian Koonin, but we haven’t had a full band lately.

Band

Brian

Shows

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Alive

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Block

Brian

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Children

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Cutting

Different

Different Kinds

Done

Drag

Dresses

Ego

Enterprise

Fallen

Father

Feelings

Firsts

Found

Fun

Guy

Hate

Having Fun

House

Kids

Kind

Knows

Latin

Listening

Mean

Memphis

Men

Mind

Mother

Music Is

New York

People

Playing Music

Projects

Reason

Recalls

Records

Rocks

Roles

Satisfied

Shows

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Quotes by David Johansen

David Johansen

A lot of stuff I do, 10 years later it becomes popular.

As I recall, my life as a child was so all-consuming that I barely had time to consider the future.

Everything I’ve done I’ve just fallen into.

I don’t know why I’m alive but I know there’s a reason for it.

I don’t really like to sit around the house listening to my own records. They’re not that good.

I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli.

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.

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.

I still do a lot of shows with Brian Koonin, but we haven’t had a full band lately.

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