The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth. — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
Nobody picked up guns in those days. You put on music, and it made you feel great. — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people. — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
They asked me to sing - actually, it was Dee Dee, because he had seen me in Sniper and thought I wasn't… — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I… — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
There's nobody as good as the Ramones, never will be. I mean everybody's just emulated us and now everybody just kinda takes… — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
We decided to start our own group because we were bored with everything we heard... Everything was 10th-generation Led Zeppelin... Overproduced, or… — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
I remember being turned on to The Beach Boys, hearing 'Surfin' U.S.A.,' I guess, in 1960. But The Beatles really did it… — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
For me, punk is about real feelings. It's not about, 'Yeah, I am a punk and I'm angry.' That's a lot of… — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
I hate to blow the mystique, but at the time we really liked bubblegum music, and we really liked the Bay City… — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
The thing about school is that if you're forced into learning stuff, you're not going to be into it. — Joey Ramone Copy Share
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… — Joey Ramone Copy Share
Hang in there. If you believe what you're doing is unique. Otherwise give up or sound like Nirvana or Pearl Jam. — Joey Ramone Copy Share
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. — Joey Ramone Copy Share
Forest Hills was a middle-class neighborhood filled with snobby rich people and their screaming brats. — Joey Ramone Copy Share
When Dee Dee would start singing, he would stop playing the guitar, because he couldn't sing and play at the same time. — Joey Ramone Copy Share
The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it. — Joey Ramone Copy Share
One day I got a phone call, and Johnny and Dee Dee asked me if I wanted to join their band. I said, 'Yeah.' — Joey Ramone Copy Share
There's nobody as good as the Ramones, never will be. I mean everybody's just emulated us and now everybody just kinda takes our sound… — Joey Ramone Copy Share
