Got two kids; one’s a record producer who lives just up the road from me – great guitarist and piano player, too.
LEMMYThe 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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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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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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I can’t say I was really that surprised when the doctor told me I needed a defibrillator inserted in my chest.
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I was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
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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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I was lucky: I didn’t get married, so I didn’t have to have that responsibility.
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The more you learn about everything, the more you learn that everything’s fixed not in your favour.
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I don’t only collect Nazi stuff; I collect objects from all the Axis countries.
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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.
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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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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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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.
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Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?
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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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I think love’s an infatuation that turns into a habit, because you can’t keep that passion going. You get used to people, and that’s death for me – I like to be surprised.
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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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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.
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I’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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I like hard, aggressive music.
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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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I never thought it was an option.
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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.
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I like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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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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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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