I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn’t trying to shove it down anybody’s throats. – Dee Dee Ramone
I was a big troublemaker in the group. I put them through a lot of pain, but as much as I gave to them, they gave right back to me. – Dee Dee Ramone
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
I didn’t have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow. – Dee Dee Ramone
I’d like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back. – Dee Dee Ramone
No one in the group was really growing up besides me, which is pretty weird ’cause there was no one in that group more self-destructive than I was. – Dee Dee Ramone
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
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
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
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
I started listening to and playing other music in the ’90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again. – Dee Dee Ramone
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
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
