David Johansen Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
David Johansen quotes and sayings page 3 (74 year old musician). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 33 we have for him.
“Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands.”
“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.”
“Sometimes when I hear my voice on tape, I'm like, 'Who is that horrible man?'”
“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.”
“When I was a kid, I had some Charles Lloyd records.”
“You try things on in life. You wear them for a while, and you see what's next.”
“I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but rock 'n' roll especially comes from blues.”
“I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life.”
“In the late '70s, I had a band - the David Johansen band, for lack of a better name - and I started collecting, not records, but tapes from people I knew who had jump-blues records.”
“Sometimes I've found that by getting into a certain drag, or a certain feeling, you can cast off your mortal coil and really do something. I don't know if it's important, but it's something. It's entertainment.”
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