I don't need much more money, and I thought that when I retired that nobody would want to talk to me anymore. Then I did, and people still want to talk to me.

Two of my biggest heroes were my father and John Wayne.

A lot of kids bought guitars and started playing rock'n'roll because of us.

I didn't want the Ramones being told what to be doing, and I wanted the Ramones being presented in the right light - the remaining Ramones.

That's the sound we developed, and that's how we played. It took us a while, but we found it.

I'm only going to be the way I'd want someone to react to me.

If a man can tell if he's been successful in his life by having great friends, then I have been very successful.