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
weather rocks dresses
Rock & Rollers don't dress for the weather.
american-musician rock roll supposed
We thought that's the way you were supposed to be if you were in a rock 'n' roll band. Flamboyant.
blues jazz music popular rock roll stems understand
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.
band brian shows
I still do a lot of shows with Brian Koonin, but we haven't had a full band lately.
kids cutting feelings
When you're a kid, you have this feeling like you're indestructible. Your mortality doesn't even occur to you. But as time goes by, you realize, 'I better cut this out or that out if I want to continue to exist.
fun having-fun want
I'm doing exactly what I want to do, and I'm having fun doing it.
satisfied
I'm not impersonating anybody. I'm perfectly satisfied with what I am.
memphis too-much stage
I got arrested once on stage in Memphis for looking too much like Liza Minnelli.
different kind different-kinds-of-music
I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.
house listening records
I don't really like to sit around the house listening to my own records. They're not that good.
children consuming recalls
As I recall, my life as a child was so all-consuming that I barely had time to consider the future.
alive reason knows
I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it.
done fallen
Everything I've done I've just fallen into.
mean mind singing
I mean, if you asked me what I'm going to be doing when I'm 85, I'd make a quick picture in my mind and, well, I'll be singing.