Johnny Ramone
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"John William Cummings", better known by his stage name "Johnny Ramone", was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being the guitarist for the punk rock band the Ramones. He was a founding member of the band, and remained a member throughout the band's entire career. He died from prostate cancer on September 15, 2004.

In 2003, he appeared on Time (magazine)/Time"s "10 Greatest Electric-Guitar Players". That same year, he was number 16 on the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list in Rolling Stone.

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As far as my favorite songs to perform live, most of the songs we did live were my favorite. If they weren't, I would have gotten rid of them.

Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves.

If a man can judge success by how many great friends he has, then I have been very successful -- Johnny Ramone.

As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein, which also might be my favorite. I like 60's and 70's Italian and Spanish Horror films.

It was a job, and I was just doing my job.

I'm just honored that people still like us and people are still nice to me.

I learned very early on to try to never let your fans down. It is the fans that have given me a lot of my happiness.

I don't need much more money, and I thought that when I retired that nobody would want to talk to me anymore. Then I did, and people still want to talk to me.

My favorite artists have always been Elvis and The Beatles and they still are!