David Johansen Quotes

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.

Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock n' roll succeeds, and that's what virtuosity is all about.

I love Lauryn Hill, Tracy Chapman, Fiona Apple. People like that. People you can really connect to on the most basic human level.

I want to reach the people. This music is the people's music. It's music for your brain, for your heart, for your soul. That is what we always go to achieve. Soul united.

How we absorb music is unique. I know what I do. When I'm listening to music, I tend to find myself in a song. That's what really makes you connect is if you feel what that song is saying.

I love knowing that people are connecting to my lyrics, my music and me.

In music, you feel a connection to the voice and think about the person behind it. In art that's secondary.

Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other.

The end of all good music is to affect the soul.

Music - it's the only thing that can enter your system, your mind, your heart, without your permission.

As a musician, you never understand why people connect with certain songs.

I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.

Whenever you write music, you want it to touch people on a certain level. I mean, I've been reading tweets about 'Troublemaker' and people saying 'OMG, I can so relate to this - this is a guy that I fancy, or a girl that I fancy; it's exactly like this person.'

Music, of almost any kind, always made sense to me.

I've always loved the blues, ever since I was a kid. It has a depth to it that a lot of contemporary music doesn't have. It has pain and suffering in it, but funny stories, too. And it is built on storytelling, which is something I really love.

To me, music is entertainment - what else can it be? In fact, it's the only language I know of that's universal.

Some of us get a feeling when we hear music and we feel music, and you want to figure out how to continue to feel that.

I couldn't live without music. I experienced things through music in different countries where you cannot speak the same language, but the music and the dance relates everything.

For me, music is for the soul - no matter whether the song is composed by me or by someone else.

The reason I connected with music was because of the stories that people were telling and making me feel when I listened to a song.

Music is just another language, but it's very special because it crosses everyone's borders.

Ultimately, you're looking for a soulful experience when you listen to any form music.

People often reach out and comment on how they relate to my lyrics, which makes me feel very warm inside.

Freddie Mercury made a lot of sense to me even though I didn't understand the lyrics.

Jazz is something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.