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I discovered the Clash, the Pistols, obviously the Ramones, Blondie.

We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite.

The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth.

Who's the new Ramones, who's the new Guns 'N Roses, who's the new Motley Crue, who's the new Black Sabbath? They're coming, they're on the street, they're 16, 17 years old.

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.

One of the reasons that the Ramones were so unique and original was that they were four original, unique people.

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.

I mean, gosh, my first tours I ever did were with the Ramones and Iggy Pop and Love & Rockets.

My favorite album would have to be Rocket To Russia. I feel this album has the most classic Ramones songs.

I always said that the world is a better place because of Joey Ramone

Ramones music has a Pavlovian effect on me - the song starts, and the world blurs around the sound.

We were just a bunch of high school kids who got into the Ramones together.

Phil Ramone is very special. Barbra Streisand or Diana Ross... they are the best.

After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk.

Rocket to Russia' is, I think, my favorite Ramones record. We reached our peak at that point.

When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana and Sublime, as well as whatever hip-hop and R&B stuff was on the radio.

When I was 13, I got my first guitar, and I could sort of play Ted Nugent songs, but I couldn't play the solos. But I could play along with entire Ramones songs.

I don't have a crystal ball, but I'm willing to bet one of my arms right now that as long as there's electricity, Ramones music is going to be relevant.

No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.

Soundgarden and Metallica, The Ramones, Everclear... I think they all wanted to see if we still knew how to play.

AC/DC has lived the dumbness that the Ramones have only faked all these years.

I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.

Punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am.

And some people have less star appeal than others, but sometimes they shine far brighter than those with more.