Johnny Thunders (1952 – 1991)
American rock and roll guitarist and singer, first with the New York Dolls, the proto-punk glam rockers of the early '70s.
I don't eat cereal actually... Frosted Flakes... that's as close as I can get.
It went out in Paris that I died three times. It was in all the papers. Your guess is as good as mine where it came from.
I met Sable when she was 15 and I was 18. I sent her home to New York while we carried on the tour. When we got back the police were looking for her at the airport and everywhere!
No one really knows me. People think they know me.
We did a TV show and they thought I was too messed up and wouldn't show it. That started the ball rolling with the press. They started following me.
I'm gonna try to be cured. I've been on heroin eight years and I want to try a different style of life. It made me split up from my wife. It ruined a lot of things for me.
I've never been so happy in my life.
We get picked up in these Rolls Royces and get three miles down the highway and five cop cars pull us over.
It's something I have no regrets about, but it's not something that I'll do forever.
Me and Jerry left because we felt we weren't getting anywhere playing our old songs in tiny clubs. The group was getting stale and staying behind the times.
Many people love me, many people hate me - there's nobody in between. That's the way I prefer it.
What does the industry understand?
I wouldn't change a thing -- except my bank balance.
I always get harassed by the police.
I was in Sweden for 10 days. They put me on the front page of the daily papers eight days in a row. I did nothing to warrant any of the attention. It was ridiculous!
We'll establish ourselves here, get a reputation, and then go back to the States and see if they've grown up a little.
I've got three boys. They look like me. They're called Dino, Guido and Little Johnny. They're my whole life. They mean more to me than music.
I take smack because I enjoy it. I enjoy all it makes me feel. I don't do it to be in with the in crowd. I can rock out with it.
The Dolls were an attitude. If nothing else they were a great attitude.
A lot of people take me seriously because of the things they read about me. Maybe they wanted to sell more records.