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A lot of kids bought guitars and started playing rock'n'roll because of us.
John William Cummings Ramones -
When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones
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If somebody thinks wearing pretty dresses onstage somehow discredits us that's pretty absurd.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
Play before you get good, because by the time you get good, you're too old to play.
Jeffrey Ross Hyman Ramones -
I hope no one thinks we really sniff glue. I stopped when I was eight.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
You also get so wound up playing a show that a lot of people need something to bring them down. People who don't know how to handle the situation take drugs. I didn't. I went back to my room with milk and cookies.
John William Cummings Ramones -
Cancer softened me up. I like the old me better. I liked being angry. It made me feel strong.
John William Cummings Ramones -
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.
John William Cummings Ramones
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We didn't do an American tour because it I know it wouldn't go down well.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
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.
John William Cummings Ramones -
I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
I never felt out of control. It was just the way I lived my life. I was the neighborhood bully.
John William Cummings Ramones -
If I didn't like someone, I wouldn't want him calling me up when I was dying. I wouldn't want them having regrets that they didn't talk to me.
John William Cummings Ramones -
If a man can tell if he's been successful in his life by having great friends, then I have been very successful.
John William Cummings Ramones
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I get really affected by songs as a music listener - they mean so much and they feel so significant.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
It was the glitter days, and the New York Dolls and Kiss would come play at the Coventry, all those bands would come in from Manhattan.
Jeffrey Ross Hyman Ramones -
Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
I think it would be nice to be a prince.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
Europe was a horrible place. There was nothing on TV. The food was terrible. And they don't even have ice. Who doesn't have ice?
John William Cummings Ramones -
There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones
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I had a really intense flying dream most of my childhood into my teens. I would go out at night and fly all over the city and I could facilitate other people to fly with me.
Douglas Glenn Colvin Ramones -
The only band that I can see that made changes over the years with success was The Beatles. They were able to change album to album and still be just as good or better. I didn't feel that we were able to do that. The Beatles were in a class by themselves.
John William Cummings Ramones -
That's the sound we developed, and that's how we played. It took us a while, but we found it.
John William Cummings Ramones -
The bigger the show, the better I'd play. It was what I was waiting for, and I'd never get nervous.
John William Cummings Ramones