Dee Dee Ramone Quotes

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.

Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.

Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.

I think the Internet shortens the distance between people, and that can often lead to inappropriateness.

I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.

I've always liked extreme performers; I don't think I am one, but my mentality is in line with that.

Visuals are as artistic as sounds, so being serious about both isn't a contradiction to me.

It's very hard to tour.

When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.

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.

When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'

I get really affected by songs as a music listener - they mean so much and they feel so significant.

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.

I had a really intense flying dream most of my childhood into my teens. I would go out at night and fly all over the city and I could facilitate other people to fly with me.

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.

I used to be a hairdresser.

If somebody thinks wearing pretty dresses onstage somehow discredits us that's pretty absurd.

I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.

I think it would be nice to be a prince.

I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.

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.

I'd like to thank myself, and congratulate myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.

I like California a lot more than New York these days.

I couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know.

It was sad when Sid Vicious died... I was freaked out when Phil Lynott died from Thin Lizzy. I cried. It was too crazy.

Wondering what I'm doing tonight I've been in the closet and feel all right

I just being able to write songs I'm proud of and finding some women to play with is exciting.

I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.

It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.

Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.

All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream.

I've always just wanted to sing in a rock band.