Johnny Ramone Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“If a man can tell if he's been successful in his life by having great friends, then I have been very successful.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Successful #Men #Great Friend
“I was the one who was always scowling, downcast. I tried to make sure I looked like that when I was getting my picture taken.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Taken
“As soon as you start analyzing something it stops”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Analyzing
“I didn't want the Ramones being told what to be doing, and I wanted the Ramones being presented in the right light - the remaining Ramones.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Light #Want #Ramones
“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.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#People #Drug #Needs
“Your life is what you remember. I mean, some things I wish I still had. But it doesn't matter.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Mean #Wish #Matter
“My favorite artists have always been Elvis and The Beatles and they still are!”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Redneck #Artist #My Favorite
“A lot of kids bought guitars and started playing rock'n'roll because of us.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Kids #Rocks #Guitar
“The bigger the show, the better I'd play. It was what I was waiting for, and I'd never get nervous.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Play #Waiting #Nervous
“I never liked blues and I really didnâ€™t like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Berries #Jazz #Chuck
“I had a good career. I've been very fortunate.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Careers
“I never felt out of control. It was just the way I lived my life. I was the neighborhood bully.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Bully #Way #Neighborhood
“I'm only going to be the way I'd want someone to react to me.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Want #Way
“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.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Regret #Dying #Calling
“Rocket to Russia' is, I think, my favorite Ramones record. We reached our peak at that point.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Thinking #Russia #Records
“Some bands blow it before they even play. The most important moment of any show is when a band walks out with the red amp lights glowing, the flashlight that shows each performer the way to his spot on the stage. It's crucial not to blow it. It sets the tempo of the show; it affects everyone's perception of the band.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Blow #Light #Glowing
“When I was younger, I was ready to go off at any time. My wife, Linda, and I would go out to the Limelight in New York, and I would see people and be able to freeze them with a look. People were even too scared of me to tell me that people were scared of me.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#New York #People #Wife
“I think Ronald Reagan was the best President of my lifetime.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Thinking #President #Lifetime
“Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Too Much #Sticks #Republican
“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?”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Europe #Ice #Tvs
“My favorite album would have to be Rocket To Russia. I feel this album has the most classic Ramones songs.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Song #Russia #Albums
“I never sweat, which you might notice in pictures.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Sweat #Might
“Two of my biggest heroes were my father and John Wayne.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Father #Hero #Two
“Pure, white rock 'n' roll, with no blues influence.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Rocks #White #Rock N Roll
“I never wore earplugs â€” that would have been cheating.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Cheating
“Cancer softened me up. I like the old me better. I liked being angry. It made me feel strong.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Strong #Cancer #Made
“I figure people drift toward liberalism at a young age, and I always hope that they change when they see how the world really is.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#People #Age #World
“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.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Hippie #Thinking #Rocks
“I don't need much more money, and I thought that when I retired that nobody would want to talk to me anymore. Then I did, and people still want to talk to me.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#People #Needs #Want
“As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein, which also might be my favorite. I like 60's and 70's Italian and Spanish Horror films.”
-- Johnny Ramone

#Italian #Might #Hollywood

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