People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
LEMMYPeople don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
LEMMYI’ve always been alone. I grew up alone. I like it that way. Even when I’m in an arena surrounded by 10,000 people, I’m alone in my head.
LEMMYI was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
LEMMYI’m against any religion, and Communism and Nazism – they’re both equally religions. They’re just replacement gods.
LEMMYAll my dreams came true. There’s not many people that can say that. I mean, most people have to work in a job they hate all their lives, and I can’t imagine that.
LEMMYWe 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.
LEMMYI was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
LEMMYYou can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
LEMMYMy persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
LEMMYThere’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.
LEMMYI never thought it was an option.
LEMMYI once fell through a hole in the stage.
LEMMYIt’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.
LEMMYI was lucky: I didn’t get married, so I didn’t have to have that responsibility.
LEMMYRock n’ roll’s had a good time out of me – and I’ve had a very good time out of rock n’ roll.
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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