American - Musician | September 18, 1951 - June 5, 2002
When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.
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I didn't have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow.
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I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.
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Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie Boys to shame.
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I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.
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It was sad when Sid Vicious died... I was freaked out when Phil Lynott died from Thin Lizzy. I cried. It was too crazy.
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I couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know.
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I think it would be nice to be a prince.
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I used to be a hairdresser.
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No one in the group was really growing up besides me, which is pretty weird 'cause there was no one in that group more self-destructive than I was.
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We're playing at our level of ability.
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It's very hard to tour.
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