Knew Quote by Gavin McInnes

When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like…

— Iggy Pop

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

— Dexter Holland

After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk.

— Eddie Vedder

A lot of bands think, 'We'll be original.' The Ramones did it because they couldn't do anything else.

— Marky Ramone

It wasn't just music in The Ramones: it was an idea. It was bringing back a whole feel that was missing in rock music…

— Tommy Ramone

Most punk rock bands just have a guitar, bass and drums. The Descendents, the Ramones, you name 'em, it's just how it's always been.

— Chad Gilbert

I don't think that the punk sound really became the punk sound until much later. The punk era wasn't really just one musical sound.…

— Debbie Harry

I saw the Ramones, early on at a country-rock palace in Denver. They were opening for some record-company band, so the local music establishment,…

— Jello Biafra

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

— P. J. Soles

Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s.

— Jello Biafra

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

— P. J. Soles

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

— Tommy Ramone