Dee Dee Ramone Quotes

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• 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

  Rap, Tired, Rocks

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Distance, Thinking, People

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Giving, Bigs

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• 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

  Quiet People, Thinking, Rude

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Thinking, Lines, Extremes

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Thinking, Absurd, Discredit

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Sound, Serious, Artistic

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• 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.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Kings, Rap, Winning

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• 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.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Strong, Caring, People

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

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  Lucky, Next, Expected

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• 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.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Dream, Night, Cities

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Song, Mean, Significant

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• The distance thing is partially due to the fact that I'm pretty shy and I've struggled with extreme stage fright in the past. So I just have to go onstage in a different head space so I'm not as self-aware.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Distance, Past, Different

  Source: pitchfork.com

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Rocks, Band, Wanted

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• I used to be a hairdresser.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Used, Used To Be, Hairdresser

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Looks, Mets, Said

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• I'm sure as I progress the sound may get cleaner but right now, I'm still interested in having it rough but never overwhelmingly so. I consider myself an amateur pop songwriter and I want that to come through, too.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Progress, Pop Song, Rough

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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

  Party, Rap, Boys

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Tonight, Wonder, Closets

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• I think it would be nice to be a prince.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Nice, Thinking, Would Be

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Rap, Done, Wells

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• The main issue was deciding what to play: Should it be old Ramones material or new material? I had about three albums worth of new material, but I knew that people would rather hear the Ramones songs.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Song, Play, Issues

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• Progression is important. I'm always going to play music in the general vein of rock'n'roll, but when I started I was very much associated with the West Coast lo-fi thing and I didn't want to get anchored in with anything that was just in vogue for the time being.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Play, Rocks, Important

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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

  Crazy, Sids, Lizzy

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

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  Rap, Not Good Enough, Trying

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