Johnny Ramone Quotes

• 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

  Friendship, Success, Good Friend

  Johnny Ramone (2012). “Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone”, p.156, Abrams

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• I figure people drift toward liberalism at a young age, and I always hope that they change when they see how the world really is.

  Johnny Ramone

  People, Age, World

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• I never wore earplugs — that would have been cheating.

  Johnny Ramone

  Cheating, Has Beens

  Johnny Ramone (2012). “Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone”, p.11, Abrams

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• I'm only going to be the way I'd want someone to react to me.

  Johnny Ramone

  Want, Way

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• Your life is what you remember. I mean, some things I wish I still had. But it doesn't matter.

  Johnny Ramone

  Mean, Wish, Matter

  FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from May 22, 2015

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• As soon as you start analyzing something it stops

  Johnny Ramone

  Analyzing

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• Rock 'n' roll is meant to entertain. Hippie folk singers are supposed to be singing about leftist views, but I don't think rock 'n' roll was ever that way. I don't remember the early rock 'n' rollers ever expressing any political views.

  Johnny Ramone

  Hippie, Thinking, Rocks

  FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from Feb 25, 2015

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• A lot of kids bought guitars and started playing rock'n'roll because of us.

  Johnny Ramone

  Kids, Rocks, Guitar

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• I was the one who was always scowling, downcast. I tried to make sure I looked like that when I was getting my picture taken.

  Johnny Ramone

  Taken, Picture Taken

  FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from Jan 21, 2015

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• People were even too scared of me to tell me that people were scared of me.

  Johnny Ramone

  People, Scared

  FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from Aug 28, 2015

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• Some bands blow it before they even play. The most important moment of any show is when a band walks out with the red amp lights glowing, the flashlight that shows each performer the way to his spot on the stage. It's crucial not to blow it. It sets the tempo of the show; it affects everyone's perception of the band.

  Johnny Ramone

  Blow, Play, Light

  Johnny Ramone (2012). “Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone”, p.50, Abrams

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• You also get so wound up playing a show that a lot of people need something to bring them down. People who don't know how to handle the situation take drugs. I didn't. I went back to my room with milk and cookies.

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  People, Drug, Milk

  FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from Jul 25, 2014

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• My favorite artists have always been Elvis and The Beatles and they still are!

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  Redneck, Artist, My Favorite

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• 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

  Europe, Ice, Tvs

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• 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

  Light, Want, Ramones

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• The only band that I can see that made changes over the years with success was The Beatles. They were able to change album to album and still be just as good or better. I didn't feel that we were able to do that. The Beatles were in a class by themselves.

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  Years, Class, Albums

  FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from Aug 21, 2015

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• You can't change music by yourself.

  Johnny Ramone

  Can't Change

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• I never sweat, which you might notice in pictures.

  Johnny Ramone

  Sweat, Might

  Johnny Ramone (2012). “Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone”, p.77, Abrams

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• Two of my biggest heroes were my father and John Wayne.

  Johnny Ramone

  Father, Hero, Two

  Johnny Ramone (2012). “Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone”, p.95, Abrams

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• I never liked blues music, and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.

  Johnny Ramone

  Berries, Jazz, Chuck

  "Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone".

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• That's the sound we developed, and that's how we played. It took us a while, but we found it.

  Johnny Ramone

  Sound, Found

  FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from Sep 04, 2015

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• I think Ronald Reagan was the best President of my lifetime.

  Johnny Ramone

  Thinking, President, Lifetime

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• 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

  Too Much, Sticks, Republican

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• I never felt out of control. It was just the way I lived my life. I was the neighborhood bully.

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  Bully, Way, Neighborhood

  Johnny Ramone (2012). “Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone”, p.12, Abrams

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• The bigger the show, the better I'd play. It was what I was waiting for, and I'd never get nervous.

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  Play, Waiting, Nervous

  FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from Jul 15, 2015

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