60 Quotes by David Johansen

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.

We thought that's the way you were supposed to be if you were in a rock 'n' roll band. Flamboyant.

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.

We have to report any accident with our vehicles to our police department.

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.

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.