David Johansen

I'm afraid of me. ↗

— David Johansen

#i #me

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

— David Johansen

#exactly #fun #having #having fun #i

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

— David Johansen

#anybody #i #i am #perfectly #satisfied

I've been tired since I was 15. ↗

— David Johansen

#i #since #tired

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. ↗

— David Johansen

#better #collecting #david #had #i

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

— David Johansen

#drag #over #project #really #same

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

— David Johansen

#commercial #enterprises #i #most #those

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

#auditioning #happens #hate #i #love

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

— David Johansen

#irish #librarian #mother #new #new york

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

— David Johansen

#bearable #best #business #makes #music