I remember being turned on to The Beach Boys, hearing 'Surfin' U.S.A.,' I guess, in 1960. But The Beatles really did it to me. Joey Ramone More Quotes by Joey Ramone More Quotes From Joey Ramone For me, punk is about real feelings. It's not about, 'Yeah, I am a punk and I'm angry.' That's a lot of crap. It's about loving the things that really matter: passion, heart and soul. Joey Ramone passionrealheart Play before you get good, because by the time you get good, you're too old to play Joey Ramone playlife Life to me is an adventure and you've got to experience everything. Joey Ramone adventure What they teach you in school doesn't prepare you for life. Textbooks don't compare to living in the real world. Rock and roll teaches you how to live. Joey Ramone rocksrealschool To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'. Joey Ramone punkindividualwho-i-am Lack of skill dictates economy of style. Joey Ramone economystyleskills I've done a lot of living and a lot of adventuring and I think that's very healthy, ya know. And I think everybody should adventure life 'cos that's what life is, it's for adventuring. You gotta know what you wanna do with your life. And you gotta know when you have something special and you don't wanna blow it. Joey Ramone blowadventurethinking If your not in it you're out of it. Joey Ramone ifs I enjoyed my life when I had nothing... and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me. Joey Ramone just-beingbeing-happyideas 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 growing-upfrustrationkids All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude. Joey Ramone punkattitude I hate to blow the mystique, but at the time we really liked bubblegum music, and we really liked the Bay City Rollers. Their song 'Saturday Night' had a great chant in it, so we wanted a song with a chant in it: 'Hey! Ho! Let's Go!'. 'Blitzkrieg Bop' was our 'Saturday Night'. Joey Ramone hateblowsong Rock n' roll is very special to me. It's my lifeblood. Joey Ramone rock-n-rollrocksspecial Well, weight you can always lose, but hair you can't get back. Joey Ramone wellsweighthair To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people. Joey Ramone punkemotionpeople We decided to start our own group because we were bored with everything we heard... Everything was 10th-generation Led Zeppelin... Overproduced, or just junk. We missed music like it used to be. Joey Ramone junkgroupsbored The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth. Joey Ramone ramonesfountainyouth Marriage is worse than dying. Why stay with one person for fifty years? We advise against marriage. Joey Ramone marriagedyingyears Hang in there. If you believe what you're doing is unique. Otherwise give up or sound like Nirvana or Pearl Jam. Joey Ramone giving-upuniquebelieve I mean, like, rock n' roll was always about spirit and fun. Joey Ramone rocksfunmean
