I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.

Progression is important. I'm always going to play music in the general vein of rock'n'roll, but when I started I was very much associated with the West Coast lo-fi thing and I didn't want to get anchored in with anything that was just in vogue for the time being.

Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.

I just being able to write songs I'm proud of and finding some women to play with is exciting.

When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'

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.

I think the Internet shortens the distance between people, and that can often lead to inappropriateness.