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

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.'

I have no sense of humor about losing

When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.

Americans are ready to hate somebody -- and it's going to be the gun industry.

Some of the newer folks in the industry, I'm not sure they are familiar with the term acting. They don't understand what it means to play a character rather than just be a personality.

No one wants to see a tattoo on a stomach.

Brooklyn is the only place where a guy can open up a candy store sell no candy and gross over eight million dollars a year.

Either the kid was naturally hyper or he was hopped up on enough caffeine to give a heart attack to a water buffalo.

I am still raw. I say I may be back. You know what lies are for. Even in your Zen heaven we shan't meet.

Love is the funeral of hearts.

But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late.