Ramones Quotes

It was awesome because we were doing Ramones songs.

— Mike Lowry

I discovered the Clash, the Pistols, obviously the Ramones, Blondie.

— Anonymous

We always stayed true to what the Ramones are.

— Joey Ramone

Ramones' songs are too good not to be played.

— Marky Ramone

I always said that the world is a better place because of Joey Ramone

— Mike Dirnt

Band I listen to most: The Ramones.

— Lisa Lutz

I did five albums before I joined the Ramones.

— Marky Ramone

I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.

— Scott Ian

My favorite album would have to be Rocket To Russia. I feel this album has the most classic Ramones songs.

— Johnny Ramone

AC/DC has lived the dumbness that the Ramones have only faked all these years.

— Chuck Eddy

I didn't want the Ramones being told what to be doing, and I wanted the Ramones being presented in the right light…

— Johnny Ramone

I was into the Ramones, Bad Brains, all of that, when I was in high school.

— Lil Jon

The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth.

— Joey Ramone

One of the reasons that the Ramones were so unique and original was that they were four original, unique people.

— Tommy Ramone

Soundgarden and Metallica, The Ramones, Everclear... I think they all wanted to see if we still knew how to play.

— Rick Nielsen

When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to…

— Dee Dee Ramone

This is a book for every fiddler who has realized halfway through playing an ancient Scottish air that the Ramones "I Wanna…

— Neil Gaiman

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day always says we were influences on him, because he does melodic but distorted, like what we…

— Charlotte Caffey

I don't have a crystal ball, but I'm willing to bet one of my arms right now that as long as there's…

— Henry Rollins

Punk rock wasn't a career choice. It was a hobby that we did for fun. We never thought we'd get as big…

— Dexter Holland

For all my success with the Ramones, I carried around fury and intensity during my career. I had an image, and that…

— Johnny Ramone

I had been listening to Jackson Browne, The Eagles, and Linda Ronstadt. Ramones was not my kind of music. Now, I'm a…

— P. J. Soles

Lou's such an old punk he was around when the Ramones were junkie hustlers first and musicians second, when punk meant something…

— Rachel Cohn

I was a student in London in the '70s, so CBGB really wasn't on my radar at all. Obviously, I was aware…

— Alan Rickman

I think teenagers just don't have the persistence to pretend to like something they don't anymore. I used to do that -…

— Bradford Cox

We were lucky if we got two takes out of a scene in the Rock 'N' Roll High School. But the Ramones…

— P. J. Soles

I did not initially take to the music of the Ramones, because I had never really heard of them before. Allan Arkush…

— P. J. Soles

The Ramones were a great bunch of guys. They were very quiet, very shy. They were a little in awe of the…

— P. J. Soles

Phil Ramone and Quincy Jones were very close. Phil Ramone was one of the greatest record producers of all time. I don't…

— Robert Davi

The Ramones couldn't play in my key. They couldn't switch keys, so Ed Stasium literally had to play all the instruments for…

— P. J. Soles

Johnny Ramone's autobiography is a no holds barred, straight-forward book written in a no-nonsense style that is Johnny personified. His story is…

— Tommy Ramone

The Ramones were American, and I knew about them, and I thought they were interesting. But they were like a pop band…

— Rick Nielsen

I always think the Sex Pistols and the Ramones as very, very important because they stripped things down.

— Jim Jarmusch

No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.

— Ezra Koenig

I mean, gosh, my first tours I ever did were with the Ramones and Iggy Pop and Love & Rockets.

— Perry Farrell

Ramones music has a Pavlovian effect on me - the song starts, and the world blurs around the sound.

— Henry Rollins

The Ramones appealed to youth with their energy and lyrical content, and that's why it evolves the longevity of the group.

— Marky Ramone

I wanted to write a song called '#1234' that would act as a homage to The Ramones.

— Kevin Morby

I saw Blondie open for the Ramones, and I remember being really impressed by Debbie Harry and her awkwardness.

— Charlotte Caffey

I didn't want the original lineup of the Ramones to break up. I was a fan.

— Marky Ramone