I can’t say I was really that surprised when the doctor told me I needed a defibrillator inserted in my chest.
LEMMYI was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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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All 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.
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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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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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The hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
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Women always left me because I wouldn’t commit, but then nothing changes a relationship like commitment. If you move in with someone, you lose all respect for them.
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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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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
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I don’t miss anything by being a bachelor. I don’t know any happily married couples, not even my parents.
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I’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
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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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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’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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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 guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.
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