I think it's a nice payback. There aren't many people that kind of give back to artists that were their inspiration. Most people think they're . . . they're very self bloated.

Marriage is worse than dying. Why stay with one person for fifty years? We advise against marriage.

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

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.

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

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

When I was a kid growing up in the '60s, music was an outlet for enlightenment, frustration, rebellion. It was more about individualism. Today it's just like a big business.