Joey Ramone
Joey Ramone
Jeffrey Ross Hyman, known by his stage name Joey Ramone, was an American musician and singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Ramones. Joey Ramone's image, voice, and tenure as frontman of the Ramones made him a countercultural icon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth19 May 1951
CountryUnited States of America
giving-up believe unique
Hang in there. If you believe what you're doing is unique. Otherwise give up or sound like Nirvana or Pearl Jam.
rocks special rock-n-roll
Rock n' roll is very special to me. It's my lifeblood.
growing-up kids frustration
When I was a kid growing up in the '60s, music was an outlet for enlightenment, frustration, rebellion. It was more about individualism. Today it's just like a big business.
song hate blow
I hate to blow the mystique, but at the time we really liked bubblegum music, and we really liked the Bay City Rollers. Their song 'Saturday Night' had a great chant in it, so we wanted a song with a chant in it: 'Hey! Ho! Let's Go!'. 'Blitzkrieg Bop' was our 'Saturday Night'.
youth fountain ramones
The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth.
hair weight wells
Well, weight you can always lose, but hair you can't get back.
attitude punk
All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude.
people emotion punk
To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.
bored generations zeppelins
We decided to start our own group because we were bored with everything we heard... Everything was 10th-generation Led Zeppelin... Overproduced, or just junk. We missed music like it used to be.
skills style economy
Lack of skill dictates economy of style.
ifs
If your not in it you're out of it.
adventure blow thinking
I've done a lot of living and a lot of adventuring and I think that's very healthy, ya know. And I think everybody should adventure life 'cos that's what life is, it's for adventuring. You gotta know what you wanna do with your life. And you gotta know when you have something special and you don't wanna blow it.
being-happy ideas just-being
I enjoyed my life when I had nothing... and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me.
who-i-am punk individual
To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.