“When you're a kid, you have this feeling like you're indestructible. Y...” — David Johansen Quote

“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.'”

“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.”

“As I recall, my life as a child was so all-consuming that I barely had time to consider the future.”

“For me, I do better in Grand Slams. I like when there's more people watching.”

“Fanaticism is at its very strongest when it has political or, better still, religious motivation.”

“You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous.”