David Johansen Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”