Tommy Ramone Quotes

The drums were new to me; I was just playing what was in my head. I was a guitar player originally - so on the drums, I just played what was in my head rather than caring too much about what others were playing. And in that way, I came up with a simple but unique style.

Tommy Ramone

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: hungarian
  • Birth: January 29, 1949 - July 11, 2014

Topics

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You do wonder - when you are at 28,000 feet, the height that aeroplanes cruise at, when you are struggling to draw breath and every limb aches - why do I do this?

Jimmy Chin

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I'm constantly snatching my books out of the hands of precocious ten-year-olds who are simply too young to read them, despite parents insisting that dear Octavia has a reading age of 28. I remember trying to read 'In Cold Blood' at the age of twelve, and realising that just because you can read book doesn't mean you should.

Meg Rosoff

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This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it.

John Mellencamp

I CanRockWriteOperaSongsEmote

Lots of deals happen in situations that aren't 'pure work.'

Steve Jurvetson

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It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.

Alvin Lee

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A 5-acre school each in Noida and Gurgaon is what we have; it costs Rs. 50 crore to buy the land and another Rs. 50 crore to build the property. That's the capital cost alone.

Shiv Nadar

AloneSchoolBuildLandProperty

Ah, the intractable Canadian problem: Winter and finery are basically incompatible.

Russell Smith

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Doing difficult things like passing marriage equality, passing the Dream Act, doing common sense things that allow new American immigrants to fully participate, pay their taxes, play by the rules and take care of their families. That's the inclusive America that I believe all of us want to move to.

Martin O'Malley

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I thought of myself as a soldier who was going to law school.

Jason Kander

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Not everyone who goes to Washington becomes Washington.

Jason Kander

WashingtonEveryoneWhoGoesBecomes

Well, when you're the youngest of five, parents kind of lose interest more and more through the children. I think my eldest brother was under loads of pressure to do something amazing with his life, but by the time I came around they were like, 'Well, let's hope he doesn't kill a guy.'

Chris O'Dowd

LifeHopeChildrenTimeBrother

The railroads once were a dominant power in American life, for good and for ill. There's something inevitably nostalgic about a train book today. Trains attract us, but part of that attraction is cultural memory.

Brian Floca

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