Douglas Glenn Colvin (Dee Dee Ramone) Quotes
Initially, I was very much concerned with having absolute control. But as time has gone by, I'm not. I mean, the whole first record was really just how I spent my free time: stoned and drinking coffee in my house, spending three hours on a song.
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That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs.
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Accepting your own mortality is like eating your vegetables: You may not want to do it, but it's good for you.
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To be smart on crime, we should not be in a position of constantly reacting to crime after it happens. We should be looking at preventing crime before it happens.
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The thing I love is that my home life hasn't changed. I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn.
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People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me.
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Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.
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The image we have would be impossible for Mickey Mouse to maintain. We're just... normal people.
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If there's ever any point in my life where I could meet Jennifer Aniston, I think that'd be pretty incredible!
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No one was praying for the night to pass quickly. The stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. Were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes.
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Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums.
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I love to have a bath with beautiful, relaxing music on and have no rush to do anything. It's a wonderful indulgence, and it helps me to calm down and stop my mind running overtime.
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Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?
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Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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I don't care what you do, I just don't want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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You always go in with the intention of playing your best and knowing the material you're auditioning.
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How can such a disproportionately large number of people have a definite, and unusually positive relationship to Mozart?
