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To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.
Jeffrey Ross Hyman Ramones -
I'm sure as I progress the sound may get cleaner but right now, I'm still interested in having it rough but never overwhelmingly so. I consider myself an amateur pop songwriter and I want that to come through, too.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones
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I've always just wanted to sing in a rock band.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
The thing about school is that if you're forced into learning stuff, you're not going to be into it.
Jeffrey Ross Hyman Ramones -
One day I got a phone call, and Johnny and Dee Dee asked me if I wanted to join their band. I said, 'Yeah.'
Jeffrey Ross Hyman Ramones -
I like California a lot more than New York these days.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones
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Visuals are as artistic as sounds, so being serious about both isn't a contradiction to me.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
My favorite album would have to be Rocket To Russia. I feel this album has the most classic Ramones songs.
John William Cummings Ramones -
I actually don't mind it. It's the ultimate kind of pop art statement in a way, if you think about it.
Clem Burke Ramones -
I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
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.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones
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Pure, white rock 'n' roll, with no blues influence.
John William Cummings Ramones -
They asked me to sing - actually, it was Dee Dee, because he had seen me in Sniper and thought I wasn't like anybody else. Everybody else was doing an Iggy or a Mick Jagger.
Jeffrey Ross Hyman Ramones -
I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
It was sad when Sid Vicious died... I was freaked out when Phil Lynott died from Thin Lizzy. I cried. It was too crazy.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it.
Jeffrey Ross Hyman Ramones -
I mean, like, rock n' roll was always about spirit and fun.
Jeffrey Ross Hyman Ramones
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The main issue was deciding what to play: Should it be old Ramones material or new material? I had about three albums worth of new material, but I knew that people would rather hear the Ramones songs.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones