David Johansen

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

— David Johansen

#horrible #i #like #man #sometimes

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

— David Johansen

#blew #first #latin #mind #music

The stuff that I dig, it's usually got a soulful component to it. A singer that I really like. I might not understand the language that they're singing in, but I'm really communing with this person. ↗

— David Johansen

#dig #got #i #language #like

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

#built #father #i #lived #mother

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

— David Johansen

#flamboyant #rock #roll #roll band #supposed

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

— David Johansen

#had #i #kid #lloyd #records

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

— David Johansen

#i do #living #lot #sleeping

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

— David Johansen

#next #see #them #things #try