Band Quote by Joey Ramone “One day I got a phone call, and Johnny and Dee Dee asked me if I wanted to join their band. I said, 'Yeah.'” — Joey Ramone ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Band Day Johnny Phone Phone call
I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were like super… — Travis Barker Copy Share Image
They asked me to sing - actually, it was Dee Dee, because he had seen me in Sniper and thought I wasn't like anybody… — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
The rest of the band were basically friends, So it was me following them around and begging them to let me be in their… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
With the groups who asked me to join them - like the Rolling Stones, Spirit, David Bowie, and Blood, Sweat & Tears - I… — Shuggie Otis Copy Share Image
Me and my two best friends went to see the Ramones in 1979, and two weeks later, I was like, 'We're starting a band.… — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
We weren't like mates who decided to form a band. The other three met me because they were interested in being in the band… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
In April of 1978 I was asked to join an all-girl band that was just taking shape, The Go-Go's. It was one of those… — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
I almost rely on other people to say, "Hey, you ever hear of this band?" And I'll say, "Oh, I've never heard of that!"… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
Me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard. Jimmy quit and Jody got married. I shoulda known we'd… — Bryan Adams Copy Share Image
We were all friends who formed a band. We weren't auditioned or put together by a record label, management company or TV show. — Keren Woodward Copy Share Image
I didn't join a band. I didn't start a band. I got asked to do it. It kinda happened by accident. — Ian Astbury 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 kicked out of my house. My mother told me it was for my own good. — Joey Ramone Copy Share
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
The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it. — Joey Ramone Copy Share Image
The reason I was drawn to the Band Perry was because they have a knack for doing rollicking country music that can sound a… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
There is something to be said though when you have 4 or 5 guys playing with no net, there is a sense of urgency, It is organic with a lot of anticipation and you can hear it, the way it is played. My favorite bands that I love from way back have a lot of things going on and it… — Marco Mendoza Copy Share
My Nirvana experience was much different than the other three guys. For me, it was really new and exciting. I was just a guy… — Pat Smear Copy Share Image
I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands? — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
I've always made sure that I tour with bands that people aren't expecting me to tour with. — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
There is more to me than just having been in the Runaways. And even though I'm really, really proud of what the band accomplished,… — Jackie Fuchs Copy Share Image
I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish.… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
I just became accustomed to being all the members of the band. That was something that was really exciting to me. — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
I guess because we're essentially a two-man band, we're attracting Wham's crowd. But Wham! are more of a businessman's band. — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
