David Johansen

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

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

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music. ”

I'm afraid of me. ”

I've been tired since I was 15. ”

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

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

Sometimes I've found that by getting into a certain drag, or a certain feeling, you can cast off your mortal coil and really do something. I don't know if it's important, but it's something. It's entertainment. ”

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

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. ”