I Loved Rap, Especially In The Early

There's A Side To Being In A Band That Some People Embrace And Some Don't: The Fact That You're Performing And You Care About How It Comes Across.

Progression Is Important. I'm Always Going To Play Music In The General Vein Of Rock'n'roll, But When I Started I Was Very Much Associated With The West Coast Lo-fi Thing And I Didn't Want To Get Anchored In With Anything That Was Just In Vogue For The Time Being.

It's Very Expensive To Bring A Band To New York.

Initially, I Was Very Much Concerned With Having Absolute Control. But As Time Has Gone By, I'm Not. I Mean, The Whole First Record Was Really Just How I Spent My Free Time: Stoned And Drinking Coffee In My House, Spending Three Hours On A Song.

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.