We decided to start our own group because we were bored with everything we heard... Everything was 10th-generation Led Zeppelin... Overproduced, or just junk. We missed music like it used to be.

I hate to blow the mystique, but at the time we really liked bubblegum music, and we really liked the Bay City Rollers. Their song 'Saturday Night' had a great chant in it, so we wanted a song with a chant in it: 'Hey! Ho! Let's Go!'. 'Blitzkrieg Bop' was our 'Saturday Night'.

The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth.

All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude.

Rock n' roll is very special to me. It's my lifeblood.

I mean, like, rock n' roll was always about spirit and fun.

Play before you get good, because by the time you get good, you're too old to play