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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I used to be a hairdresser.

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

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.

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.

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

I think it would be nice to be a prince.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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