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
Thought, New, Rap, I Quit
Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.
- Dee Dee Ramone
Crazy, How, Demonic, Metallica
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
Shame, Album, Solo, Billboard
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
Myself, King, Rap, Contests
Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.
- Dee Dee Ramone
Rock, Star, Rock Star, Nelson
I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.
- Dee Dee Ramone
Anybody, Rap, Early Days, Shove
I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.
- Dee Dee Ramone
Big, Give, Pat, Congratulate
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
Play, New, Albums, New Material
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
More, Pretty, Which, Besides
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
Vicious, Died, Freaked, Thin
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
Listening, Bad, Other, Hearing
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
Career, Grow, Like, Solo
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
Small, Guitar, Like, Amp
I think it would be nice to be a prince.
- Dee Dee Ramone
Think, Be Nice, I Think, Prince
We didn't do an American tour because it I know it wouldn't go down well.
- Dee Dee Ramone
Know, Go, Well, Tour
It's very hard to tour.
- Dee Dee Ramone
Hard, Very, Tour
I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.
- Dee Dee Ramone
Done, Well, Too, Rap
I couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know.
- Dee Dee Ramone
Trying, Not Good Enough, How, Rap
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
Pain, Big, Through, Troublemaker
I like California a lot more than New York these days.
- Dee Dee Ramone
New York, New, Lot, California
It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.
- Dee Dee Ramone
New York, New, Very, Expensive
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
Lucky, Next, Always, Expected
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