David Johansen Quotes

I promised a lot of people I'd slow down when I turned 80.

I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.

I know one day I'll be considered too old.

When I'm 100 I'll still be doing pin-ups.

It seems a perfectly normal thing to be 95.

I've decided to pick my moment to retire very carefully - in about 200 years time.

I don’t like getting old at all, but then again, who does?

I survived turning 60, I was not thrilled to turn 61, I was less thrilled to turn 62, I didn't much like being 63, I loathed being 64, and I will hate being 65. I don't let on about such things in person; in person, I am cheerful and Pollyanna-ish. But the honest truth is that it's sad to be over 60.

I find, to my amazement, that I have reached the age of 90!

For me, old age is just something that happens.

I used to think 63 was old.

Looking at 70 from 49, I don't see it slowing me down. Maybe I'll need a nap during the day! I'm thinking when I'm 85 I'll settle down a bit. But I'm going to fight, kicking and screaming, every step of the way.

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

I'm retarded - I mean I'm retired.

We're not getting any younger.

Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never believed I would live past 20. Here I am though... a senior citizen... my voice and heart are stronger than ever, but boredom is the greatest enemy so I have to be careful not to slip over the edge.

I knew I always wanted to sing.

I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.

I am an old geezer: a grandpa kind of a guy. I was born October 19, 1931. I have gray hair, a beard, and a little pot belly. I have two children who are over 30 years old and a sweet little granddaughter who is 11 years old.

This year, when I turn 65, I thought, 'So weird;' when I was a kid, people who were 65 either retired or died. I'm so nowhere near that.

Even my stuntman is old.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

I sing some songs but don't expect me to release an album anytime soon.

I don't feel any different than I did when I was 40. But I realize mathematically, I'm equidistant between that and 80. I'll keep doing this for a while, but I'm not going to be one of these people who hang on just for the sake of being on the air.