60 Quotes by David Johansen

When I'm sleeping I do a lot of living.

I've been around the block a couple of times, and the guy I am now is the guy I like to be.

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.

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.

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

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.

Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands.

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.