Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone
Douglas Glenn Colvin, known professionally as Dee Dee Ramone, was a German-American musician, singer and songwriter best known as founding member, songwriter, bassist and occasional lead vocalist for punk rock band the Ramones...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth18 September 1952
CountryUnited States of America
rap not-good-enough trying
I couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know.
kings rap winning
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.
next lucky expected
I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.
rap trying throat
I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.
crazy metallica demonic
Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.
new-york band expensive
It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.
new-york california these-days
I like California a lot more than New York these days.
rap done wells
I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.
guitar car bass
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.
looks mets said
When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'
thinking lines performers
I've always liked extreme performers; I don't think I am one, but my mentality is in line with that.
silly festivals wow
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!"
song drinking coffee
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.
rocks band wanted
I've always just wanted to sing in a rock band.