The hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
LEMMYRock n’ roll sounded like music from another planet. The first time around, we had people like Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis – all them people.
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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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Rock n’ roll sounded like music from another planet. The first time around, we had people like Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis – all them people.
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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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Everyone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can’t be safe. Life’s not safe. Your work isn’t safe.
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Gay people are made and not born.
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I don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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I do quite like that Andrew Lloyd Webber song from ‘Cats.’ What’s it called? ‘Memory?’ Sends shivers up your spine.
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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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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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My advice wouldn’t be good to anybody. I don’t see it really being greeted with thunderous applause.
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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 was lucky: I didn’t get married, so I didn’t have to have that responsibility.
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I’m against any religion, and Communism and Nazism – they’re both equally religions. They’re just replacement gods.
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