David Johansen

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

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.

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

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.