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There's a lot about New York that is unique, and there's always a culture and a subculture going on everywhere.
— Phil Ramone
The bigger the show, the better I'd play. It was what I was waiting for, and I'd never get nervous.
— Johnny Ramone
'Rocket to Russia' is, I think, my favorite Ramones record. We reached our peak at that point.
— Johnny Ramone
It was a job, and I was just doing my job.
— Johnny Ramone
My favorite album would have to be Rocket To Russia. I feel this album has the most classic Ramones songs.
— Johnny Ramone
I like to do what I do in my house and I love to play shows, but I don't want to have to go out and talk to a bunch of people I don't know.
— Dee Dee Ramone
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 didn't talk to me.
— Johnny Ramone
Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.
— Dee Dee Ramone
Nothing bothers me more in this world than a person who behaves as a sheep and not as a dragon.
— Melodie Ramone
Over time, I have realized that at 20, you can wear too much makeup and people assume you're a slut. Do it at 40 and they think you're a sea witch.
— Melodie Ramone
To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.
— Joey Ramone
The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it.
— Joey Ramone
It's very hard to tour.
— Dee Dee Ramone
The thing about insanity is that when you're around it long enough you become part of it.
— Marky Ramone
You can't change music by yourself.
— Johnny Ramone
I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.
— Dee Dee Ramone
I didn't want the Ramones being told what to be doing, and I wanted the Ramones being presented in the right light - the remaining Ramones.
— Johnny Ramone
Phil Ramone is very special. Barbra Streisand or Diana Ross ... they are the best.
— Giorgio Moroder
I didn't have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow.
— Dee Dee Ramone
Visuals are as artistic as sounds, so being serious about both isn't a contradiction to me.
— Dee Dee Ramone
Two of my biggest heroes were my father and John Wayne.
— Johnny Ramone
It was sad when Sid Vicious died ... I was freaked out when Phil Lynott died from Thin Lizzy. I cried. It was too crazy.
— Dee Dee Ramone
I am an old punk.
— Dee Dee Ramone
As soon as you start analyzing something it stops
— Johnny Ramone
Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves.
— Johnny Ramone
I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next ... But it was always someone else instead of me.
— Dee Dee Ramone
I haven't done rap ... I can't do that too well.
— Dee Dee Ramone
Our books are the deepest glimpses into our souls, the most raw and real anybody will ever find us.
— Melodie Ramone
When I was a teenager, I learned that in order to play guitar like Johnny Ramone, it takes a huge amount of physical effort.
— Kevin Shields
If your not in it you're out of it.
— Joey Ramone
Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie Boys to shame.
— Dee Dee Ramone
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
Eliminate the unnecessary and focus on the substance.
— Tommy Ramone
No one in the group was really growing up besides me, which is pretty weird 'cause there was no one in that group more self-destructive than I was.
— Dee Dee Ramone
I like California a lot more than New York these days.
— Dee Dee Ramone
Ignorance isn't a sword. It's a weight that drags a soul swirling to the bottom of the sea.
— Melodie Ramone
It's my estimation that every man ever got a statue made of him was one kind of a son of a bitch or another. Malcolm Reynolds — Melodie Ramone
I'm pretty much looking for beauty all the time. It just seems like some days the light is better to see it.
— Melodie Ramone
I had a good career. I've been very fortunate.
— Johnny Ramone
I used to be a hairdresser.
— Dee Dee Ramone
I'm only going to be the way I'd want someone to react to me.
— Johnny Ramone
I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.
— Dee Dee Ramone
Rudeness is something I just can't tolerate.
— Phil Ramone
Europe was a horrible place. There was nothing on TV. The food was terrible. And they don't even have ice. Who doesn't have ice?
— Johnny Ramone
Hang in there. If you believe what you're doing is unique. Otherwise give up or sound like Nirvana or Pearl Jam.
— Joey Ramone
Mum used to say we were the same soul split in two and walking around on four legs. It seems unnatural being born together and then dying apart.
— Melodie Ramone
Pure, white rock 'n' roll, with no blues influence.
— Johnny Ramone
You can only mentor somebody if they want to be.
— Phil Ramone
Your life is what you remember. I mean, some things I wish I still had. But it doesn't matter.
— Johnny Ramone
To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.
— Joey Ramone
I never felt out of control. It was just the way I lived my life. I was the neighborhood bully.
— Johnny Ramone
Cancer softened me up. I like the old me better. I liked being angry. It made me feel strong.
— Johnny Ramone
Lack of skill dictates economy of style.
— Joey Ramone
We always stayed true to what the Ramones are.
— Joey Ramone
One of the reasons that the Ramones were so unique and original was that they were four original, unique people.
— Tommy Ramone
Substance should outweigh perfection ...
— Phil Ramone
All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream.
— Dee Dee Ramone
I think Ronald Reagan was the best President of my lifetime.
— Johnny Ramone
I love you, Silvia. I have always loved you. I loved you before forever began and I'll love you still after forever ends. Oliver — Melodie Ramone
That's the sound we developed, and that's how we played. It took us a while, but we found it.
— Johnny Ramone
I never sweat, which you might notice in pictures.
— Johnny Ramone
If you follow anything that I've ever done, I never stick to one thing more than one year. I'm just afraid to get typecast.
— Phil Ramone
I think it would be nice to be a prince.
— Dee Dee Ramone
Rock n' roll is very special to me. It's my lifeblood.
— Joey Ramone
It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.
— Dee Dee Ramone
Marriage is worse than dying. Why stay with one person for fifty years? We advise against marriage.
— Joey Ramone
I'm just a man, no more enlightened than any other.
— George Pelecanos
I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.
— Dee Dee Ramone
We're playing at our level of ability.
— Dee Dee Ramone
I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.
— Scott Ian
There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.
— Dee Dee Ramone
