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.

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.

Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.

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

I think the Internet shortens the distance between people, and that can often lead to inappropriateness.

I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.

I've always liked extreme performers; I don't think I am one, but my mentality is in line with that.

Visuals are as artistic as sounds, so being serious about both isn't a contradiction to me.

It's very hard to 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.

When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'

Of all the ways I had imagined my death, getting beaten by my zombified mentor while trapped by a cannibalistic window handle wasn’t one of them

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

You are the reason my heart beats. Your love is my lifeline, and I'm not about to give it up - not now - not ever!

You are already that which you want to be, and your refusal to believe it is the only reason you do not see it.

I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather.

Here again, I saw life in all its noisy excitement passing me by.

It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie.

To graciously receive is an expression of the dignity of giving.

The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, All on a summer day: The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And took them quite away!

But at times I wondered if I had not come a long way to find that what I really sought was something I had left behind.