59 Quotes by Joey Ramone

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    Well, I think we’re the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world.

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    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.

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    The thing about school is that if you're forced into learning stuff, you're not going to be into it.

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    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.

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    Nobody picked up guns in those days. You put on music, and it made you feel great.

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    Forest Hills was a middle-class neighborhood filled with snobby rich people and their screaming brats.

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    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.

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    There's nobody as good as the Ramones, never will be.

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    The first record I bought may have been Del Shannon's 'Runaway.'

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