I always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
LEMMYI’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
More Lemmy Quotes
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Just ’cause something’s popular, it can still be good. In fact, if more people are buying it, then you must be doing something right.
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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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Got two kids; one’s a record producer who lives just up the road from me – great guitarist and piano player, too.
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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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As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
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My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
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We’ve made bad albums in the past, and people have bought them. I don’t know. I don’t care. I’m just grateful for it.
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I never thought it was an option.
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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Oh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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It’s very much up to you, how you shape your life. I mean, I missed out on human relationships. But looking at relationships that I’ve seen along the way, I don’t think I’ve missed much.
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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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