It just seems like we get more popular every eight years or so. For some reason, it becomes cool to like Motorhead again.
LEMMYWhen 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.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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It’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
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I went to go see the Rolling Stones in the park, and they were awful: completely out of tune. Jagger wore a frock.
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There’s no point thinking about dying, because it’s going to happen anyway, isn’t it? I don’t waste my time worrying about that.
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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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I’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
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It’s when you get to 60 when everything starts to go pear-shaped. Everyone thinks that becoming an older guy is easy, but you never consider it fully. It comes as quite a shock.
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Eddie Cochran – I never got to see him live, but he could play. Him and Buddy Holly, they were the best guitarists. They could get a good raunchy beat going.
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I don’t want to advise anyone to do anything, apart from try and stay alive. That’s my advice – don’t die.
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I dislike religion quite intensely. It’s been the cause of all the grief in the world ever since they discovered the first stone to worship.
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I learned that if I had known how much of this Nazi memorabilia there was to collect, I never would have started in the first place. It’s crowding me out of my house.
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People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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In every kid’s life, there’s about three or four years when you’re at liberty, and after that, you have to get a job because you’re getting married or you have to support your parents or whatever it is.
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