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. David Johansen adjunctbuycanvas share on social
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. David Johansen castcoildrag share on social
I don't really like to sit around the house listening to my own records. They're not that good. David Johansen goodhouselisten Change image and share on social
I'm not impersonating anybody. I'm perfectly satisfied with what I am. David Johansen impersonateperfectlysatisfy Change image and share on social
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
I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it. David Johansen alivereason Change image and share on social
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. David Johansen bandblueindividual Change image and share on social
Sometimes when I hear my voice on tape, I'm like, 'Who is that horrible man?' David Johansen hearhorribleman Change image and share on social
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 communecomponentdig Change image and share on social
