Douglas Glenn Colvin (Dee Dee Ramone) Quotes
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I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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I sing around the house, in the shower.
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I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.
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You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.
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The songs I love to sing are story songs, from Yiddish songs to Tom Waits.
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I always wanted to do a Disney movie.
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
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I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.
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I've never wanted to be the boss.
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I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar.
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It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.
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No, I haven't asked for a guy's number, but I've always wanted to.
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I read that book, 'Lonesome Dove,' and I told my agent that they were gonna make a miniseries out of it and I wanted to be in it. I didn't care what part.
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I became what I wanted to be.
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My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer.
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I've never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
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I was really into my studies and wanted to be a doctor.
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I really do think everybody can sing.
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If there is no gardener there is no garden.
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Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living. But the over-examined life makes you wish you were dead. Given the alternative, I'd rather be living.
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With the Gulf spill, I absolutely merged in the time when I had that infection. I couldn't get out of the Gulf spill. There were so many similarities: the drains and the siphoning and the tubes. And also in the way the earth was hurt, the ocean was bleeding. Remember the video cams of the oil gushing? I couldn't stop watching that.
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People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.
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I've always just wanted to sing in a rock band.
