Author: Joey Ramone

Quotes

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 just like a big business.

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 just like a big business.

- Joey Ramone

I enjoyed my life when I had nothing... and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me.

I enjoyed my life when I had nothing... and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me.

- Joey Ramone

To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.

To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.

- Joey Ramone

There's nobody as good as the Ramones, never will be. I mean everybody's just emulated us and now everybody just kinda takes our sound as their foundations.

There's nobody as good as the Ramones, never will be. I mean everybody's just emulated us and now everybody just kinda takes our sound as their foundations.

- Joey Ramone

When Dee Dee would start singing, he would stop playing the guitar, because he couldn't sing and play at the same time.

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

Nobody picked up guns in those days. You put on music, and it made you feel great.

Nobody picked up guns in those days. You put on music, and it made you feel great.

- Joey Ramone

The thing about school is that if you're forced into learning stuff, you're not going to be into it.

The thing about school is that if you're forced into learning stuff, you're not going to be into it.

- Joey Ramone

When a band like Blondie re-forms, you wish them the best.

When a band like Blondie re-forms, you wish them the best.

- Joey Ramone

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