64 Quotes by Johnny Ramone

I never wore earplugs — that would have been cheating.

Rock ‘n’ roll is meant to entertain. Hippie folk singers are supposed to be singing about leftist views, but I don’t think rock ‘n’ roll was ever that way. I don’t remember the early rock ‘n’ rollers ever expressing any political views.

I had a good career. I’ve been very fortunate.

Pure, white rock ‘n’ roll, with no blues influence.

I never wore earplugs – that would have been cheating.

You also get so wound up playing a show that a lot of people need something to bring them down. People who don’t know how to handle the situation take drugs. I didn’t. I went back to my room with milk and cookies.

Europe was a horrible place. There was nothing on TV. The food was terrible. And they don’t even have ice. Who doesn’t have ice?

If a man can tell if he’s been successful in his life by having great friends, then I have been very successful.

If I didn’t like someone, I wouldn’t want him calling me up when I was dying. I wouldn’t want them having regrets that they didn’t talk to me.