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 crap. It's about loving the things that really matter: passion, heart and soul. — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
What they teach you in school doesn't prepare you for life. Textbooks don't compare to living in the real world. Rock and roll teaches you how to live. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 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 to me. — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
Forest Hills was a middle-class neighborhood filled with snobby rich people and their screaming brats. — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
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 Image
The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it. — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
