Joey Ramone Quotes

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• For better or worse, MTV sort of bridges the whole country together almost like the BBC does in England. It's opened up everything so wide…
• Well, I think we're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world.
• 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…
• 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…
• Well, weight you can always lose, but hair you can't get back.
• I hate to blow the mystique, but at the time we really liked bubblegum music, and we really liked the Bay City Rollers. Their song…
• I think it's a nice payback. There aren't many people that kind of give back to artists that were their inspiration. Most people think they're…
• Play before you get good, because by the time you get good, you're too old to play
• Marriage is worse than dying. Why stay with one person for fifty years? We advise against marriage.
• All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude.
• Life to me is an adventure and you've got to experience everything.
• I've done a lot of living and a lot of adventuring and I think that's very healthy, ya know. And I think everybody should adventure…
• We decided to start our own group because we were bored with everything we heard... Everything was 10th-generation Led Zeppelin... Overproduced, or just junk. We…
• I mean, like, rock n' roll was always about spirit and fun.
• Rock n' roll is very special to me. It's my lifeblood.
• When a band like Blondie re-forms, you wish them the best.
• When I was a kid growing up in the '60s, music was an outlet for enlightenment, frustration, rebellion. It was more about individualism. Today it's…
• Hang in there. If you believe what you're doing is unique. Otherwise give up or sound like Nirvana or Pearl Jam.
• I enjoyed my life when I had nothing... and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me.
• The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth.

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