David Johansen Quotes

As long as I'm building and doing what I want to do, that's the only thing that matters.

I just do what makes me happy.

And I always laugh at that, because I think I've always been doing what I want to do since Day 1.

I think I've been happy because I've been able to do what I believe in, and on my own terms.

I always felt more comfortable doing what I wanted to do. Because at the end of the day, I'll be happy.

If someone wants to do something, they should just do it as long as they're happy with it.

I was kind of raised with the suggestion that I had a duty to do; that life was real, life was earnest. And I hated that, actually. I needed to be liberated, to be told that I could live the life that I wanted to live; that I didn't need a job, or to be shouted at; that I could be myself; that I could be happy.

Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.

I was just living my life, and that's what I wanted to do.

My ambition is to enjoy my life and to do exactly what I want to do. And I'll do that. I will be free.

I don't want to live my life to entertain other people. I have other things that I'd like to do.

Freedom to me can be so many things; freedom to be myself, to express myself and do the things I want to do, freedom to go in any direction I want to go in order to accomplish my goals.

I wouldn't do anything I don't enjoy.

People get all caught up thinking they have to train a certain way or take a certain approach to things, but there's so much more to this than fitting into what other people think you are supposed to do. You have to have fun and enjoy what you are doing; otherwise, what is it all worth?

I'm living the life of liberty, happiness and pursuit.

I am my own person. What I'm doing, I'm happy with it. I'm doing what I want to.

What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish?

It's your life, live it your way.

Just do what you like to do, and do it all the time.

I'm doing what I want to do.

Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.

I've never had anything but the freedom to do what I wanted just as long as it made me happy.

Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.

I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.