I wasn't playing the music, the music was playing me... and once that went away, and I had the feeling I was playing music, I had to stop. The need to go onstage and get my brain flattened every night left me, and what I didn't wanna do is go onstage and perpetrate a fraud... You cannot fool an audience.

Texas is as odd as it is vast.

I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place.

It is impossible, after a certain point, to go back to a previous way of life, a previous way of thinking.

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

I don't have a crystal ball, but I'm willing to bet one of my arms right now that as long as there's electricity, Ramones music is going to be relevant.

All of the things that the bible warns you of being: jealous, covetous, murderous, selfish, etc., that's kind of how humans are.