John William Cummings (Johnny Ramone) Quotes

I didn't want the Ramones being told what to be doing, and I wanted the Ramones being presented in the right light - the remaining Ramones.

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• People know who I am or are fans of 'Chelsea Lately,' and that makes my shows more fun. People know I'm silly and are on board with what I'm bringing to the table. I see the boyfriends who got dragged to the show by their girlfriends, and by the end, they're laughing harder than anybody. That's the best feeling: 'I knew I was going to get you.'

  

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• Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in its entire print collection, right? But most of it is like cat videos on YouTube or 13-year-olds exchanging text messages about the next Twilight movie.

  

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• Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves.

  

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• Suburbia, to me, was the most fantastical, unusual place. I thought it was Disneyland.

  

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• When you're six years old, you do not appreciate that you're living in the Alps. My sisters and I, all we wanted was to go to Disneyland.

  

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• Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

  

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• I don't get complacent, because I know if you slack off, you're going to be found out. This is international boxing, and every fight is a tough fight.

  

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• I've always thought if I could pick my interviewer, it'd be Charlie Rose, who I think is the best.

  

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• I never stop working.

  

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• I never stay anywhere - parties, museums, meetings - longer than three hours.

  

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• Comedy can be a little brutal, but not in a satisfying way.

  

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• Once in a while, you'll get somebody who watched 'One Tree Hill' and 'Supernatural,' but by and large, whoever watches one show is very distinct. There's not a lot of crossover. It's like, 'This is my show, and I love this show. I know everything about this show. My show is my show, and it will be until I die.'

  

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• I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.

  

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• Having the person that you love by your side and starting a family with them is the best thing that can happen to you in this life. You can't ask for more.

  

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• The reason why 'Black Lives Matter' is a chant is because a lot of people feel, myself included, that sometimes they don't matter.

  

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• I first started wearing fragrance when I was thirteen or fourteen, and the smell was candy-like. They were in very colorful bottles, like turquoise and pink. By the time I was sixteen or seventeen, it got more girly and more floral.

  

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• Second, I believe in human ingenuity – that when we decide on a task to be done, no matter how daunting it may seem at the beginning, we are able to unleash human ingenuity and human innovative capacity that was unknown, and takes us to a solution.

  

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• The way something is presented will define the way you react to it.

  

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• Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.

  

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• I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time.

  

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• I didn't want the Ramones being told what to be doing, and I wanted the Ramones being presented in the right light - the remaining Ramones.

  

  John William Cummings Ramones
  • Presented
  • Ramones
  • Right Light