David Johansen
David Johansen
David Roger Johansenis an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band the New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPunk Singer
Date of Birth9 January 1950
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life.
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I had a picture of myself when I was a kid, how I'd look when I got old. I look in the mirror and think, This is pretty much it.
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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.
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There's going to be a state-wide initiative to get public works involved in mutual aid just like fire and police, but right now, we're not able to do that.
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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.
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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.
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Arthur, be a good Latter-day Saint, do your job, and everything will be fine.
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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.
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We have to report any accident with our vehicles to our police department.
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We like to look sixteen and bored sh*tless.
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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.
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We thought that's the way you were supposed to be if you were in a rock 'n' roll band. Flamboyant.
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You try things on in life. You wear them for a while, and you see what's next.
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When I'm sleeping I do a lot of living.