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"My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it to yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist."
Johnny Depp.
We all know that tattoos have a special meaning for Johnny. Besides he’s got a lot in 2012, so I decided to write a review of all JD’s tattoos.
Enjoy :)
1) Native American Head
Johnny’s first tattoo is a Cherokee Indian chief head on his right bicep, honoring his Native American bloodlines. “I started getting tattoos when they were sort of verboten in Hollywood… 1983, 1984. I was 17 when I got the first one [a Cherokee chief, to honor] my Indian heritage.”
2) Heart & Betty Sue
Johnny’s second tattoo, on his left bicep, contains his mother’s name “Betty Sue” inside a heart with some tribal flourishing. This tribute to Johnny’s mother—“the greatest lady in the world,” Johnny told journalist Steve Pond in 1989—was done by Jonathan...
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