My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes father 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. David Johansen 70sbandblue Change image and share on social
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 actauditionhate Change image and share on social
I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli. David Johansen arrestlizamemphis Change image and share on social
But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible. Anne McCaffrey cadencechangefullness Change image and share on social
You don't have to become an investment banker as a way of demonstrating that education has worked for you. But librarians have to believe in the values of high culture. Not just high culture but middle culture, low culture, kinds of exciting eye-catching crap of all kinds. Everyone needs that. Francis Spufford bankercatchcrap share on social
The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease. Monica Potter agobreakcycle share on social