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David Johansen
American
Musician
Born:
Jan 9
,
1950
Band
Had
Life
Me
Music
You
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I'm doing exactly what I want to do, and I'm having fun doing it.
David Johansen
Exactly
Exactly What
Having
Having Fun
Doing
Want
Fun
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
You
Entertainment
Sometimes
Feeling
Important
Something
Cast
Mortal
Know
Off
Getting
Really
Certain
Your
Found
Drag
I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli.
David Johansen
Too Much
Looking
Stage
Too
Once
Memphis
Like
Got
Arrested
Much
Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.
David Johansen
Music
Best
Business
World
Bearable
Almost
Makes
Show
Show Business
Thing
Playing
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.
David Johansen
You
Wind
Fall
Wayside
Kind
Record
Determine
Songs
Come
Like
Know
Making
Up
Process
Which
Interest
Then
Your
Start
Elimination
Until I was six years old we lived in the projects, then my two brothers and three sisters and I moved to a three-bed that my mother's father built.
David Johansen
Mother
Old
Father
Three
Projects
Brothers
Until
Built
Years
Sisters
Six
Moved
Then
Lived
Two
As I recall, my life as a child was so all-consuming that I barely had time to consider the future.
David Johansen
Life
Future
Time
My Life
Consider
Had
Child
Barely
Recall
When I'm sleeping I do a lot of living.
David Johansen
Living
Sleeping
Lot
I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.
David Johansen
Music
Different Kinds
Kinds
Lot
Listen
Different
I'm not impersonating anybody. I'm perfectly satisfied with what I am.
David Johansen
Satisfied
Perfectly
Am
Anybody
I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it.
David Johansen
Alive
Know
Reason
Why
Everything I've done I've just fallen into.
David Johansen
Everything
Fallen
Done
Just
Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands.
David Johansen
Those
Enterprises
Most
Commercial
Bands
I've been around the block a couple of times, and the guy I am now is the guy I like to be.
David Johansen
Guy
Like
Couple
Around
Am
Block
Been
Times
Now
You try things on in life. You wear them for a while, and you see what's next.
David Johansen
Life
You
Try
Wear
See
While
Them
Next
Things
Sometimes when I hear my voice on tape, I'm like, 'Who is that horrible man?'
David Johansen
Man
Sometimes
Horrible
Voice
Like
Hear
Tape
Who
I'm afraid of me.
David Johansen
Me
Afraid
I still do a lot of shows with Brian Koonin, but we haven't had a full band lately.
David Johansen
Band
Lately
Had
Still
Lot
Full
Brian
Shows
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
Music
Band
Jazz
Think
Stems
Individuals
Understand
Rock
Rock-N-Roll
Roll
Blues
Pop
Popular
Popular Music
Even
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