Johnny Ramone
Johnny Ramone
John William Cummings, better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being the guitarist for the punk rock band the Ramones. He was a founding member of the band, and remained a member throughout the band's entire career. He died from prostate cancer on September 15, 2004...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth8 October 1951
CountryUnited States of America
american-musician people
I'm just honored that people still like us and people are still nice to me.
early fans given learned
I learned very early on to try to never let your fans down. It is the fans that have given me a lot of my happiness.
american-musician gotten perform rid
As far as my favorite songs to perform live, most of the songs we did live were my favorite. If they weren't, I would have gotten rid of them.
american-musician job
It was a job, and I was just doing my job.
age change dent drift figure hope liberalism people toward
I try to make a dent in people when I can. I figure people drift toward liberalism at a young age, and I always hope that they change when they see how the world really is.
cheating has-beens
I never wore earplugs — that would have been cheating.
kids rocks guitar
A lot of kids bought guitars and started playing rock'n'roll because of us.
analyzing
As soon as you start analyzing something it stops
taken picture-taken
I was the one who was always scowling, downcast. I tried to make sure I looked like that when I was getting my picture taken.
sweat might
I never sweat, which you might notice in pictures.
hippie thinking rocks
Rock 'n' roll is meant to entertain. Hippie folk singers are supposed to be singing about leftist views, but I don't think rock 'n' roll was ever that way. I don't remember the early rock 'n' rollers ever expressing any political views.
strong cancer made
Cancer softened me up. I like the old me better. I liked being angry. It made me feel strong.
play waiting nervous
The bigger the show, the better I'd play. It was what I was waiting for, and I'd never get nervous.
white rocks rock-n-roll
Pure, white rock 'n' roll, with no blues influence.