Ramones Quotes

• One of the reasons that the Ramones were so unique and original was that they were four original, unique people.

  Tommy Ramone

  Unique, People, Four

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• Who's the new Ramones, who's the new Guns 'N Roses, who's the new Motley Crue, who's the new Black Sabbath? They're coming, they're on the street, they're 16, 17 years old.

  Nikki Sixx

  Gun, Years, Rose

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• My favorite album would have to be Rocket To Russia. I feel this album has the most classic Ramones songs.

  Johnny Ramone

  Song, Russia, Albums

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• The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth.

  Joey Ramone

  Youth, Fountain, Fountain Of Youth

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• Ramones music has a Pavlovian effect on me - the song starts, and the world blurs around the sound.

  Henry Rollins

  Song, Sound, World

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• I think Japans work really hard, and when they have a chance to listen to music, they just go crazy. And the Ramones would be a natural fit for Japan, because Japan invented the cartoon, and the Ramones, especially in Rock 'N' Roll High School, are very cartoonish. So it'd be a perfect group for them.

  P. J. Soles

  Crazy, School, Thinking

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• I always said that the world is a better place because of Joey Ramone

  Mike Dirnt

  World, Said, Joey

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• After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk.

  Eddie Vedder

  Punk, Wave

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• It wasn't just music in The Ramones: it was an idea. It was bringing back a whole feel that was missing in rock music – it was a whole push outwards to say something new and different. Originally it was just an artistic type of thing; finally I felt it was something that was good enough for everybody.

  Tommy Ramone

  Rocks, Ideas, Missing

  Ramones Facebook page, www.facebook.com. 1978.

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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, Wanted

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• Rocket to Russia' is, I think, my favorite Ramones record. We reached our peak at that point.

  Johnny Ramone

  Thinking, Russia, Records

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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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• 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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• This is a book for every fiddler who has realized halfway through playing an ancient Scottish air that the Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated" is what folk music is really all about, and gone straight into it.

  Neil Gaiman

  Book, Air, Gone

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• I don't have a crystal ball, but I'm willing to bet one of my arms right now that as long as there's electricity, Ramones music is going to be relevant.

  Henry Rollins

  Long, Crystals, Balls

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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 saw the Ramones, early on at a country-rock palace in Denver. They were opening for some record-company band, so the local music establishment, and I emphasize the word "establishment," was there in force, and the handful of us who knew the Ramones were up in front. And half the fun was, you know, not only were the Ramones the most powerful band I had ever seen at that point, but they made it look so simple - that anyone could do it, hell, even I could do it. This is what I should be doing.

  Jello Biafra

  Country, Fun, Powerful

  Interview with Jodi Vander Molen, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. February 1, 2002.

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• I discovered the Clash, the Pistols, obviously the Ramones, Blondie.

  Gerald Caiafa

  Pistols, Blondie, Clash

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• I always think the Sex Pistols and the Ramones as very, very important because they stripped things down.

  Jim Jarmusch

  Sex, Thinking, Important

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. November 15, 1999.

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• When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana and Sublime, as well as whatever hip-hop and R&B stuff was on the radio.

  Gary Clark, Jr.

  Guitar, Hip Hop, Sublime

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• I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.

  Scott Ian

  Fans, Giants, Influence

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• No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.

  Ezra Koenig

  Song, Velvet, Manhattan

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was a student in London in the '70s, so CBGB really wasn't on my radar at all. Obviously, I was aware of the emergence of the Police in England and as an art student, I was very aware of David Byrne, but I suppose my musical taste at that time certainly didn't stretch towards the Dead Boys or the Ramones.

  Alan Rickman

  Art, Boys, Cbgb

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• We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite.

  Gerald Caiafa

  Band, Ignite, Blondie

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• We were lucky if we got two takes out of a scene in the Rock 'N' Roll High School. But the Ramones did get a lot of material cut out. I think Marky Ramone calls Mr. McGree "Mr. McGlube." But that was sort of endearing and charming, and made you just love the Ramones even more. Sometimes those flubs work in favor of the filmmakers. They just couldn't get out more than one sentence in a row. It was just kind of weird. I think they were just nervous.

  P. J. Soles

  School, Cutting, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

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