Ramones Quotes
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Progression is important. I'm always going to play music in the general vein of rock'n'roll, but when I started I was very much associated with the West Coast lo-fi thing and I didn't want to get anchored in with anything that was just in vogue for the time being.
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When I was a kid growing up in the '60s, music was an outlet for enlightenment, frustration, rebellion. It was more about individualism. Today it's just like a big business.
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As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein, which also might be my favorite. I like 60's and 70's Italian and Spanish Horror films.
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For better or worse, MTV sort of bridges the whole country together almost like the BBC does in England. It's opened up everything so wide that it's possible for everyone to have different ideas.
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All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude.
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When I was younger, I was ready to go off at any time. My wife, Linda, and I would go out to the Limelight in New York, and I would see people and be able to freeze them with a look. People were even too scared of me to tell me that people were scared of me.
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I figure people drift toward liberalism at a young age, and I always hope that they change when they see how the world really is.
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A lot of kids bought guitars and started playing rock'n'roll because of us.
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Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves.
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I'd just sit with Dee Dee on the corner off of Queens Boulevard and drink and insult people and stuff. That's when I got kicked out of my house. My mother told me it was for my own good.
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I never liked blues music, and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.
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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.
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Two of my biggest heroes were my father and John Wayne.
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I remember being turned on to The Beach Boys, hearing 'Surfin' U.S.A.,' I guess, in 1960. But The Beatles really did it to me.
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I think Ronald Reagan was the best President of my lifetime.
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It's very hard to tour.
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As soon as you start analyzing something it stops.
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People were even too scared of me to tell me that people were scared of me.
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Some bands blow it before they even play. The most important moment of any show is when a band walks out with the red amp lights glowing, the flashlight that shows each performer the way to his spot on the stage. It's crucial not to blow it. It sets the tempo of the show; it affects everyone's perception of the band.
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Well, I think we're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world.
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To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.
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If somebody thinks wearing pretty dresses onstage somehow discredits us that's pretty absurd.
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I like to do what I do in my house and I love to play shows, but I don't want to have to go out and talk to a bunch of people I don't know.
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I enjoyed my life when I had nothing... and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me.