When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.
I was a big troublemaker in the group. I put them through a lot of pain, but as much as I gave to them, they gave right back to me.
I didn't have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow.
I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.
No one in the group was really growing up besides me, which is pretty weird 'cause there was no one in that group more self-destructive than I was.
Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.
