You know, unfortunately, when a band signs a contract, you're a commodity. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Punk rock is being honest, believing in yourself and doing what you gotta do. That's all. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
I didn't want the original lineup of the Ramones to break up. I was a fan. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
I liked Eddie Van Halen, when he first came out, because he was doing something original. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Bandmates argue, bandmates make up. Sometimes there are members that don't get along, sometimes they become best of friends. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
I think more people wanted to sound like the Ramones than The Velvet Underground. So many bands try to imitate us. Anywhere… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
A lot of bands think, 'We'll be original.' The Ramones did it because they couldn't do anything else. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
When you hear a band and you know it's them, then you've achieved something. For instance, The Beatles. You know it's them. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Van Halen stood out from the corporate rock clones being churned out monthly by the music industry. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Joey and Johnny didn't get along too well. That's unfortunate. But like a lot of businesses, bands and brothers, a lot of… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
We're an American band. We liked the Grammys, we liked the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We weren't a political band,… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
The Ramones appealed to youth with their energy and lyrical content, and that's why it evolves the longevity of the group. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I joined the band was because I knew that Tommy had production experience and that he was going… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
My favorite song on the Road to Ruin demo was 'I Wanna Be Sedated.' It was catchy and huge even in stripped-down… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
You gotta understand, the Ramones were greasers. We were Fonzie with longer hair. The greasers and gangs in Brooklyn all wore Chuck… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Yeah, I saw KISS a few times in the early days. They weren't developed yet, but eventually they got their visual look… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Basically we would go to places and we would see bands trying to sound like us opening up for us, 1-2-3-4 with… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
I was hanging out in New York City and started getting into the new sounds that were being created, and started playing… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Richie Reinhardt, who was only in the band four years, deserted the group. You don't do that when a band has a… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Sure, there was Iggy and the Stooges, the MC5, but those bands played slow songs, they had lead guitar and the songs… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
You've got these dance bands that, when you see them live, everything's on tape. It might not even be them singing, and… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
There's too many bands going out there with one original member and calling it by the original name. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Despite not having big hits while we were performing, over the years, we've ended up selling a lot of records. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Rock was getting too complicated, too fused - everything was jazz-rock, country-rock, progressive-rock, this-rock and that-rock, and it was all so bland,… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
I like The Beatles a lot so Ringo is one of my favourites, along with Keith Moon and John Bonham. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
You could say Iggy and the Stooges were garage. You could say the Kinks helped start heavy metal with that guitar sound… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Fans would always want us to sign their sneakers. I'd hold the shoes up to my face and stick my nose in 'em and… — Marky Ramone Copy Share
I read all The Ramones books and a lot of them are highly over-exaggerated. — Marky Ramone Copy Share
Van Halen stood out from the corporate rock clones being churned out monthly by the music industry. — Marky Ramone Copy Share
My favorite song on the Road to Ruin demo was 'I Wanna Be Sedated.' It was catchy and huge even in stripped-down form on… — Marky Ramone Copy Share
Those electric albums that Dylan did from '65 to '67 are great. That's the period I like Dylan. I think Television would've sounded a… — Marky Ramone Copy Share
When Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, Tommy and me were inducted to the Hall of Fame, it meant we were with the Beatles, The Who,… — Marky Ramone Copy Share
Punk rock is being honest, believing in yourself and doing what you gotta do. That's all. — Marky Ramone Copy Share
I was always into science fiction and I always liked sci-fi. Aliens! Spaceships! And all that stuff. — Marky Ramone Copy Share
