Ronnie Spector Quotes

#1. The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch of songs that were influential in drawing a line between the punk form and original rock and roll.

Jerry Only

#2. Ronnie Spector's hair was taller and meaner and scarier than all four Shangri-La's combined, plus the drummer from the Honeycombs. You just know her rat-tail comb was a switchblade.

Rob Sheffield

#3. When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'

Dee Dee Ramone

#4. It doesn't pay to try, all the smart girls know why.

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#5. I love my songs, let's not get crazy here.

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#6. I just want to get on stage and sing and be happy.

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#7. When I do a concert and people put their hands in the air, they're doing it on their own.

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#8. I think Behind the Music is good for people like Leif Garrett and Motley Crue.

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#9. From that first meeting, I totally loved working with Joey, it was a real collaboration.

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#10. Kill Rock Stars allowed me to put out a real genuine rock 'n' roll record.

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#11. I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I missed singing so much. And performing. Man, I missed it so much.

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#12. Most of the groups I worked with 30 years ago are either dead or dead broke. And it's a shame.

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#13. I never tried to kill myself or anything.

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#14. My honeymoon night was spent on the floor in the bathroom with my mother.

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#15. I see the Ricky Martin thing, and everything is like, just packaged for this moment. Where are they going to be 10 years, 20 years from now?

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#16. But I don't really like to discuss Phil anymore.

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#17. We had the skirts with the slits up the side, sort of tough, sort of Spanish Harlem cool, but sweet too.

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#18. No one has their own identity like the Ronettes did back in the day.

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#19. Today, they're just up there for the money, just packaged and be gone.

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#20. The people need to feel the music.

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#21. Back 20 years ago, I was recording with Bruce Springsteen, and his producer called me and said I had to be in the studio the next day to finish the sessions, and I couldn't. I had to be in court, in California. All this took like 10 years out of my life.

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#22. Well, first of all, they're all about the music and all I care about in my professional career is the music.

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#23. I mean, Janet Jackson? She's like Michael Jackson with hair.

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#24. So don't get me wrong, I love my songs, and I still love hearing them. That's history, baby.

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#25. I love Ruth Brown, not just her singing, but Ruth Brown has more girl power than anyone, because she fought hard against people who ripped her off and then helped other artists through the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.

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#26. Stage performing is a dying art form.

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#27. I love the fact that 35 years later, I still hear my songs on the radio.

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#28. I have three adopted children with Phil, and for years I was fighting in court with him over being able to see my kids. I was always going back and forth to California, going to court, and I was never able to get a project going.

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#29. Every act I see, their whole act is choreographed. I'm sick of seeing these dancers. The only reason they have them is they don't have enough talent to get people dancing themselves.

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#30. But, you know, the Stones were my opening act in the Sixties. I loved those British guys, the way they just stood there and shook their hair.

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