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David Johansen quotes: Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.

Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.

David Johansen quotes: I've been tired since I was 15.

I've been tired since I was 15.

David Johansen quotes: My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian.

My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian.

David Johansen quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Sometimes when I hear my voice on tape, I'm like, 'Who is that horrible man?'

Sometimes when I hear my voice on tape, I'm like, 'Who is that horrible man?'

David Johansen quotes: I still do a lot of shows with Brian Koonin, but we haven't had a full band lately.

I still do a lot of shows with Brian Koonin, but we haven't had a full band lately.

David Johansen quotes: I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli.

I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli.

David Johansen quotes: You try things on in life. You wear them for a while, and you see what's next.

You try things on in life. You wear them for a while, and you see what's next.

David Johansen quotes: Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands.

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

David Johansen quotes: Everything I've done I've just fallen into.

Everything I've done I've just fallen into.

David Johansen quotes: 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.

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.

David Johansen quotes: I don't really like to sit around the house listening to my own records. They're not that good.

I don't really like to sit around the house listening to my own records. They're not that good.

David Johansen quotes: I'm afraid of me.

I'm afraid of me.

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

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

David Johansen quotes: Rock & Rollers don't dress for the weather.

Rock & Rollers don't dress for the weather.

David Johansen quotes: It's really a drag to do the same project over and over again.

It's really a drag to do the same project over and over again.

David Johansen quotes: The first Latin music that blew my mind was bumba, which was a Puerto Rican beat.

The first Latin music that blew my mind was bumba, which was a Puerto Rican beat.

David Johansen quotes: When I was a kid, I had some Charles Lloyd records.

When I was a kid, I had some Charles Lloyd records.

David Johansen quotes: When I'm sleeping I do a lot of living.

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

David Johansen quotes: I'm not impersonating anybody. I'm perfectly satisfied with what I am.

I'm not impersonating anybody. I'm perfectly satisfied with what I am.

David Johansen quotes: I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it.

I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it.

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

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

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

David Johansen quotes: Young people are still looking and older people have found ...

Young people are still looking and older people have found ...

David Johansen quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I'm doing exactly what I want to do, and I'm having fun doing it.

I'm doing exactly what I want to do, and I'm having fun doing it.