27 Quotes by Johnny Thunders

Many people love me, many people hate me – there’s nobody in between. That’s the way I prefer it.

Rock and Roll is simply an attitude. You don’t have to play the greatest guitar.

I’m gonna try to be cured. I’ve been on heroin eight years and I want to try a different style of life. It made me split up from my wife. It ruined a lot of things for me.

A lot of people don’t think they can count on me, but I’ve never missed a gig in my life.

The only technical things I know are treble, volume and reverb, that’s all.

Me and Jerry left because we felt we weren’t getting anywhere playing our old songs in tiny clubs. The group was getting stale and staying behind the times.

I wouldn’t change a thing – except my bank balance.

I take smack because I enjoy it. I enjoy all it makes me feel. I don’t do it to be in with the in crowd. I can rock out with it.

I was in Sweden for 10 days. They put me on the front page of the daily papers eight days in a row. I did nothing to warrant any of the attention. It was ridiculous.