I started listening to and playing other music in the ’90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again.
Meaning of the quote
Dee Dee Ramone, the American musician, explains that in the 1990s, he started exploring different types of music. It was after he heard other bands, like Bad Religion, covering Ramones songs that he began to appreciate and enjoy his own band's music again. Listening to how other artists interpreted Ramones songs made Dee Dee appreciate the value and quality of his own work.
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We didn’t do an American tour because it I know it wouldn’t go down well.
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I started listening to and playing other music in the ’90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again.
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It’s very expensive to bring a band to New York.
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I like California a lot more than New York these days.
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Ricky Nelson… I couldn’t believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.
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I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.
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Metallica – they’re so demonic, they’re crazy, I don’t know how they do it.
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I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it’s hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.
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I haven’t done rap… I can’t do that too well.
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The main issue was deciding what to play: Should it be old Ramones material or new material? I had about three albums worth of new material, but I knew that people would rather hear the Ramones songs.
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I’d like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.
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