Dee Dee Ramone Quotes

I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.
Dee Dee Ramone

Car, Hard, Small

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.
Dee Dee Ramone

Time, Cool, Rock

I started listening to and playing other music in the '90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again.
Dee Dee Ramone

Music, Religion, Bad

Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie Boys to shame.
Dee Dee Ramone

Great, Put, Said

I didn't have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow.
Dee Dee Ramone

Confidence, Career, Wanted

I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.
Dee Dee Ramone

I like California a lot more than New York these days.
Dee Dee Ramone

Days, York, California

I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.
Dee Dee Ramone

Down, Trying, Loved

I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.
Dee Dee Ramone

Give, Big, Thank

I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.
Dee Dee Ramone

Someone, Die, Around

It was sad when Sid Vicious died... I was freaked out when Phil Lynott died from Thin Lizzy. I cried. It was too crazy.
Dee Dee Ramone

Sad, Crazy, Died

It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.
Dee Dee Ramone

Band, Bring, York

Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.
Dee Dee Ramone

Crazy, Metallica, Demonic

Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.
Dee Dee Ramone

Great, Rock, Star

The main issue was deciding what to play: Should it be old Ramones material or new material? I had about three albums worth of new material, but I knew that people would rather hear the Ramones songs.
Dee Dee Ramone

Play, Old, Rather

We didn't do an American tour because it I know it wouldn't go down well.
Dee Dee Ramone

Down, American, Tour

When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.
Dee Dee Ramone

Win, After, King

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: September 18, 1952

Died: June 5, 2002

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