I started doing up-and-down strumming, basically to keep time and to play fast. As time went on, I started realizing other guitar players couldn't do it. I always went against the grain. — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
Cancer softened me up. I like the old me better. I liked being angry. It made me feel strong. — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
I never liked blues music, and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry. — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
If a man can tell if he's been successful in his life by having great friends, then I have been very successful. — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
The bigger the show, the better I'd play. It was what I was waiting for, and I'd never get nervous. — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
Rocket to Russia' is, I think, my favorite Ramones record. We reached our peak at that point. — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
I don't need much more money, and I thought that when I retired that nobody would want to talk to me anymore. Then I… — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
The only band that I can see that made changes over the years with success was The Beatles. They were able to change album… — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
I started doing up-and-down strumming, basically to keep time and to play fast. As time went on, I started realizing other guitar players couldn't… — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was ready to go off at any time. My wife, Linda, and I would go out to the Limelight… — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
A lot of kids bought guitars and started playing rock'n'roll because of us. — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
If I didn't like someone, I wouldn't want him calling me up when I was dying. I wouldn't want them having regrets that they… — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
I never felt out of control. It was just the way I lived my life. I was the neighborhood bully. — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
For all my success with the Ramones, I carried around fury and intensity during my career. I had an image, and that image was… — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
That's the sound we developed, and that's how we played. It took us a while, but we found it. — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
