I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
LEMMYThe Beatles are the classical music of rock n’ roll. And rock n’ roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.
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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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I can never be anonymous – especially when I walk round looking like this; especially when I take so much trouble not to be anonymous, right?
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We was living in squats in Battersea when we started with Motorhead. And we lived with the Hell’s Angels in this flat. They were always around.
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The thing about death is it’s so final, isn’t it, really? As far as we know… Nobody has ever come back and told us about it.
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I’m against any religion, and Communism and Nazism – they’re both equally religions. They’re just replacement gods.
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I like hard, aggressive music.
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When you leave the house, it isn’t safe. The air you breathe isn’t going to be safe, not for very long. That’s why you have to enjoy the moment.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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My hearing is usually O.K.
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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
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The Beatles are the classical music of rock n’ roll. And rock n’ roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.
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The Beatles were from Liverpool. It’s a hard town. The Stones weren’t the hard men. They just dressed up. The Beatles were the hard men.
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I find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead guitarist.
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