Johnny Ramone Quotes

From the first time you can look in the paper and you accept that you're the entertainment for some people that night, it becomes so much more enjoyable to play live.

I learned by standing in the wings and watching established acts on stage.

My ideal setting is I walk from the streets, backstage, and straight onto the stage. Two minutes, and I am on the stage. That way, in my head I have gone from my world and then into a social setting with my friends.

There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.

I take a lot of pride in my live show and put more energy there than I do in the studio.

I really love live performing!

Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.

We used to approach a small 400-person show like an arena show, as if I was a star and I was coming out on stage in front of screaming people and that I was to be larger than life.

During a big rock show, you can flub a few things and nobody will hear it, because it gets buried under everything else.

Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.

I am so excited to perform; I am so ready to perform; I love live performances! I think it's something so different from a track; live is just so unique and cool because the energy is just so different. I cannot wait to have live performances.

When I'm gigging, there's an uneasy shift when I pull a puppet out. People look at me aghast and I feel I have about 20 seconds to win them over. You even get the prejudice among other people in your own profession.

I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch.

I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.

I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.

Just me onstage with a mike having an intimate relationship with the audience. I don't get nervous for that. I just get excited.

The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.

The energy that comes when you compel people to dance stays with you your whole career - whether you are playing to 100,000 people at Glastonbury or 1,000 kids in a club.

I wouldn't say that I was a born performer, because I work very hard at it.

I think the most challenging part of being a performer is just making sure that people know that when you get up there every night, it's unique and that you care.

I grew up doing sitcoms and theater and even playing with the Beach Boys, where you're programmed to perform, your body gets into a rhythm and you know it has to perform.

The best shows I play, I almost don't even remember off the stage.

I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me.

You put him in front of 50,000 people, he's at home.

I've realized that I can do performances.