Song Quotes by Joey Ramone

13 Song quotes by Joey Ramone

If you’ve ever felt the raw pulse of a rebellious anthem, these thirteen snippets from Joey Ramone will strike a chord. He dissects the power of a track with the same urgency that defined his own voice.

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When a band like Blondie re-forms, you wish them the best.

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

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All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude.

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There's nobody as good as the Ramones, never will be.

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Nobody picked up guns in those days. You put on music, and it made you feel great.

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To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I…

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There's nobody as good as the Ramones, never will be. I mean everybody's just emulated us and now everybody just kinda takes…

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We decided to start our own group because we were bored with everything we heard... Everything was 10th-generation Led Zeppelin... Overproduced, or…

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I remember being turned on to The Beach Boys, hearing 'Surfin' U.S.A.,' I guess, in 1960. But The Beatles really did it…

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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…

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To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.

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They asked me to sing - actually, it was Dee Dee, because he had seen me in Sniper and thought I wasn't…

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I hate to blow the mystique, but at the time we really liked bubblegum music, and we really liked the Bay City…

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

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

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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…

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

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Lack of skill dictates economy of style.

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

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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.

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We always stayed true to what the Ramones are.

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

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When Dee Dee would start singing, he would stop playing the guitar, because he couldn't sing and play at the same time.

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

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

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One day I got a phone call, and Johnny and Dee Dee asked me if I wanted to join their band. I said, 'Yeah.'

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Life to me is an adventure and you've got to experience everything.

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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…

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