The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it. Joey Ramone More Quotes by Joey Ramone More Quotes From Joey Ramone I think it's a nice payback. There aren't many people that kind of give back to artists that were their inspiration. Most people think they're . . . they're very self bloated. Joey Ramone niceartistinspiration When a band like Blondie re-forms, you wish them the best. Joey Ramone bandformwish For better or worse, MTV sort of bridges the whole country together almost like the BBC does in England. It's opened up everything so wide that it's possible for everyone to have different ideas. Joey Ramone bridgescountryideas Well, I think we're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world. Joey Ramone rock-n-rollrocksthinking When I was hitching, I'd be completely decked out. I used to wear this custom-made black jumpsuit, these, like, pink, knee-high platform boots, all kinds of rhinestones, lots of dangling belts and gloves. Joey Ramone pinkwearlikeblack There's nobody as good as the Ramones, never will be. Joey Ramone nobodywillnevergood Forest Hills was a middle-class neighborhood filled with snobby rich people and their screaming brats. Joey Ramone forestrich-peoplerichpeople 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 beingmerememberbeach The thing about school is that if you're forced into learning stuff, you're not going to be into it. Joey Ramone goingyoulearningschool We always stayed true to what the Ramones are. Joey Ramone stayedtruealwaysramones Everybody's just emulated us and now everybody just kinda takes our sound as their foundations. Joey Ramone usjustnowsound I'd just sit with Dee Dee on the corner off of Queens Boulevard and drink and insult people and stuff. That's when I got kicked out of my house. My mother told me it was for my own good. Joey Ramone goodmemotherpeople It was the glitter days, and the New York Dolls and Kiss would come play at the Coventry, all those bands would come in from Manhattan. Joey Ramone kissnewnew-yorkplay One day I got a phone call, and Johnny and Dee Dee asked me if I wanted to join their band. I said, 'Yeah.' Joey Ramone phone-callphonedayme When Dee Dee would start singing, he would stop playing the guitar, because he couldn't sing and play at the same time. Joey Ramone startsingingguitartime They asked me to sing - actually, it was Dee Dee, because he had seen me in Sniper and thought I wasn't like anybody else. Everybody else was doing an Iggy or a Mick Jagger. Joey Ramone doingthoughtlikeme The first record I bought may have been Del Shannon's 'Runaway.' Joey Ramone recordfirstbeenmay Nobody picked up guns in those days. You put on music, and it made you feel great. Joey Ramone feelgreatyoumusic
