Johnny Thunders Quotes & Sayings

No one really knows me. People think they know me. — Johnny Thunders

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! — Johnny Thunders

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. — Johnny Thunders

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

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

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

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

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

A lot of people want to die for a lot of reasons. — Johnny Thunders

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. — Johnny Thunders

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. — Johnny Thunders

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

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

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

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. — Johnny Thunders