Dee Dee Ramone famous quotes

03-28-2025

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

#Rap #Tired #Rocks
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

#Guitar #Car #Bass
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

#Kings #Rap #Winning
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

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

#Rap #Trying #Throat
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

#Party #Rap #Boys
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

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

#Crazy #Metallica #Demonic
It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.
-- Dee Dee Ramone

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

#New York #California #These Days
I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.
-- Dee Dee Ramone

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

#Stars #Believe #Rocks
Wondering what I'm doing tonight I've been in the closet and feel all right
-- Dee Dee Ramone

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

#Giving #Bigs
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

#Crazy #Sids #Lizzy
I couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know.
-- Dee Dee Ramone

#Rap #Not Good Enough #Trying

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