In high school, I got into folk music, and I taught myself guitar. And when The Beatles came out, I got an electric guitar. Tommy Ramone beatleselectricfolk Change image and share on social
Johnny was an athlete who didn't play sport. His first love was baseball, but he didn't think he had it in him to be a professional. Tommy Ramone athletebaseballjohnny Change image and share on social
Bowie's 'Hunky Dory' influenced me. 'Ziggy Stardust' influenced Johnny Ramone a lot, especially his guitar parts. Tommy Ramone bowiedoryguitar Change image and share on social
The Ramones are the type of group where it took the world, like, 30 years to catch up with them. Because we were kind of breaking new ground, coming up with new ideas and different concepts which kind of blazed a trail for a whole new music scene, really. Tommy Ramone blazebreakcatch share on social
The Ramones were inspiring a lot of bands that couldn't master their instruments. Tommy Ramone bandinspireinstrument Change image and share on social
The closest things to an influence would be people like Charlie Watts or Al Jackson. But I didn't really listen to drummers; I basically played what I thought was needed for the Ramones. Tommy Ramone basicallycharlieclose Change image and share on social
I've been a loner all my life, so it didn't bother me that Hungarian was my first language and that I had to learn English. I had a pretty heavy accent in junior high school and would say things like 'wolume control' instead of 'volume control.' Tommy Ramone accentbothercontrol share on social
Our music is an answer to the early Seventies when artsy people with big egos would do vocal harmonies and play long guitar solos and get called geniuses. Tommy Ramone answerartsybig Change image and share on social
Dee Dee Ramone was the one who would go to Rockaway Beach, and he wrote that great song about it. He was the beach boy; he loved getting a tan and stuff, and he would ride the bus down Woodhaven Boulevard to Rockaway. Tommy Ramone beachboulevardboy share on social
Dee Dee got the name 'The Ramones' from Paul McCartney. McCartney would call himself Paul Ramon when he checked into hotels and didn't want to be noticed. I liked it because I thought it was ridiculous. The Ramones? That's absurd! Tommy Ramone absurdcallcheck share on social