66 Quotes by Dee Dee Ramone

I get starstruck really easily. I love music so much - it sounds so silly to say that - so if I'm playing a festival and somebody I love, like [Primal Scream's] Bobby Gillespie, is there in the backstage area, I'm like, "Wow this is amazing! There they are!"

Initially, I was very much concerned with having absolute control. But as time has gone by, I'm not. I mean, the whole first record was really just how I spent my free time: stoned and drinking coffee in my house, spending three hours on a song.

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

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

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.

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

All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream.

I like to do what I do in my house and I love to play shows, but I don't want to have to go out and talk to a bunch of people I don't know.

There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.