Latest Dee Dee Ramone Quotes from Interviews

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• If somebody thinks wearing pretty dresses onstage somehow discredits us that's pretty absurd.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Thinking, Absurd, Discredit

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I just being able to write songs I'm proud of and finding some women to play with is exciting.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Song, Writing, Proud

  Source: pitchfork.com

• The distance thing is partially due to the fact that I'm pretty shy and I've struggled with extreme stage fright in the past. So I just have to go onstage in a different head space so I'm not as self-aware.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Distance, Past, Different

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I'm sure as I progress the sound may get cleaner but right now, I'm still interested in having it rough but never overwhelmingly so. I consider myself an amateur pop songwriter and I want that to come through, too.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Progress, Pop Song, Rough

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I get really affected by songs as a music listener - they mean so much and they feel so significant.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Song, Mean, Significant

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I had a really intense flying dream most of my childhood into my teens. I would go out at night and fly all over the city and I could facilitate other people to fly with me.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Dream, Night, Cities

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I've always just wanted to sing in a rock band.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Rocks, Band, Wanted

  Source: pitchfork.com

• All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Records, My Favorite, Mainstream

  Source: pitchfork.com

• Initially, I was very much concerned with having absolute control. But as time has gone by, I'm not. I mean, the whole first record was really just how I spent my free time: stoned and drinking coffee in my house, spending three hours on a song.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Song, Drinking, Coffee

  Source: pitchfork.com

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Looks, Mets, Said

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• I get starstruck really easily. I love music so much - it sounds so silly to say that - so if I'm playing a festival and somebody I love, like [Primal Scream's] Bobby Gillespie, is there in the backstage area, I'm like, "Wow this is amazing! There they are!"

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Silly, Sound, Festivals

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I like to do what I do in my house and I love to play shows, but I don't want to have to go out and talk to a bunch of people I don't know.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Play, People, House

  Source: pitchfork.com

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Quiet People, Thinking, Rude

  Source: pitchfork.com

• Progression is important. I'm always going to play music in the general vein of rock'n'roll, but when I started I was very much associated with the West Coast lo-fi thing and I didn't want to get anchored in with anything that was just in vogue for the time being.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Play, Rocks, Important

  Source: pitchfork.com

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Distance, Thinking, People

  Source: pitchfork.com

• 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.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Strong, Caring, People

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Sound, Serious, Artistic

  Source: pitchfork.com

• There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  People, Band, Care

  Source: pitchfork.com

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

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Thinking, Lines, Extremes

  Source: pitchfork.com