Blondie Quotes by Joey Ramone

The first record I bought may have been Del Shannon's 'Runaway.'

— Joey Ramone

The thing about school is that if you're forced into learning stuff, you're not going to be into it.

— Joey Ramone

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

Hang in there. If you believe what you're doing is unique. Otherwise give up or sound like Nirvana or Pearl Jam.

— Joey Ramone

Lack of skill dictates economy of style.

— Joey Ramone

If your not in it you're out of it.

— Joey Ramone

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

We always stayed true to what the Ramones are.

— Joey Ramone

Forest Hills was a middle-class neighborhood filled with snobby rich people and their screaming brats.

— Joey Ramone

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

Well, weight you can always lose, but hair you can't get back.

— Joey Ramone

The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it.

— Joey Ramone