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David Johansen quotes

American Musician January 9, 1950

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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. David Johansen
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. David Johansen
David Johansen quote: "As I recall, my life as a child was so all-consuming that I..."
As I recall, my life as a child was so all-consuming that I barely had time to consider the future. David Johansen
David Johansen quote: "You try things on in life. You wear them for a while, and you..."
You try things on in life. You wear them for a while, and you see what's next. David Johansen
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. David Johansen
David Johansen quote: "Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show..."
Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable. David Johansen
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.' David Johansen
David Johansen quote: "My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish..."
My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian. David Johansen
David Johansen quote: "I've been around the block a couple of times, and the guy I am..."
I've been around the block a couple of times, and the guy I am now is the guy I like to be. David Johansen
You know, when you're making a record, you come up with 15, 20 songs. Then they start to fall by the wayside as your interest wanes. It's kind of like a process of elimination to determine which songs wind up on the record. David Johansen
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. David Johansen
You know when you read that someone has to leave a show or a tour because they had 'nervous exhaustion'? Well, I had one of those and discovered that I was quite close to death. I always assumed that my lifestyle was going to take me at an early age, but when it was actually occurring I was, 'Not yet!' I pulled back. David Johansen
David Johansen quote: "I listen to a lot of different kinds of music."
I listen to a lot of different kinds of music. David Johansen
David Johansen quote: "I don't really like to sit around the house listening to my..."
I don't really like to sit around the house listening to my own records. They're not that good. David Johansen
David Johansen quote: "The first Latin music that blew my mind was bumba, which was a..."
The first Latin music that blew my mind was bumba, which was a Puerto Rican beat. David Johansen

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