I don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
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More Lemmy Quotes
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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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I always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
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I’ve always been very wordy; I’ve got a great vocabulary.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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I’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
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I am emphatically not a Nazi.
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I wanted to be a farmer; actually, I wanted to be a horse-breeder. And I had the stallions… but then I heard Little Richard, and that was it.
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I always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There’s plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.
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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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My hearing is usually O.K.
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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
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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 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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I’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.
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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 find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead guitarist.
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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 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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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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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 don’t really have the voice for love songs, do I?
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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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It’s much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.
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I like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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