Johnny Thunders Quotations

The Dolls were an attitude. If nothing else they were a great attitude.

Many people love me, many people hate me - there's nobody in between. That's the way I prefer it.

The only technical things I know are treble, volume and reverb, that's all.

Me and Jerry left because we felt we weren't getting anywhere playing our old songs in tiny clubs. The group was getting stale and staying behind the times.

I wouldn't change a thing - except my bank balance.

No one really knows me. People think they know me.

A lot of people don't think they can count on me, but I've never missed a gig in my life.

I don't eat cereal actually... Frosted Flakes... that's as close as I can get.

I take smack because I enjoy it. I enjoy all it makes me feel. I don't do it to be in with the in crowd. I can rock out with it.

I met Sable when she was 15 and I was 18. I sent her home to New York while we carried on the tour. When we got back the police were looking for her at the airport and everywhere!

We get picked up in these Rolls Royces and get three miles down the highway and five cop cars pull us over.

A lot of people want to die for a lot of reasons.

I was in Sweden for 10 days. They put me on the front page of the daily papers eight days in a row. I did nothing to warrant any of the attention. It was ridiculous!

Heroin doesn't affect my musical life at all.

We did a TV show and they thought I was too messed up and wouldn't show it. That started the ball rolling with the press. They started following me.

I've got three boys. They look like me. They're called Dino, Guido and Little Johnny. They're my whole life. They mean more to me than music.

I'm gonna try to be cured. I've been on heroin eight years and I want to try a different style of life. It made me split up from my wife. It ruined a lot of things for me.

Rock and Roll is simply an attitude. You don't have to play the greatest guitar.