You can’t win fame; you have to earn it. If you’re given fame without working for it, then you’re not going to be ready for it.
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
-
-
I do quite like that Andrew Lloyd Webber song from ‘Cats.’ What’s it called? ‘Memory?’ Sends shivers up your spine.
LEMMY -
My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
LEMMY -
Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
LEMMY -
I guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.
LEMMY -
I once fell through a hole in the stage.
LEMMY -
When you’ve lived the life that I have, you should always expect something like that to crop up. I was not a good boy.
LEMMY -
Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
LEMMY -
People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
LEMMY -
I make a very good steak.
LEMMY -
I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
LEMMY -
I was in the Rockin’ Vicars, which was the first British band to tour behind the Iron Curtain.
LEMMY -
My advice wouldn’t be good to anybody. I don’t see it really being greeted with thunderous applause.
LEMMY -
I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
LEMMY -
Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
LEMMY -
I was never going to be a doctor or a lawyer, so being a musician seemed to be the best of what was on offer.
LEMMY