As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
LEMMYI don’t want to advise anyone to do anything, apart from try and stay alive. That’s my advice – don’t die.
More Lemmy Quotes
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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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The thing about death is it’s so final, isn’t it, really? As far as we know… Nobody has ever come back and told us about it.
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I’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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When you leave the house, it isn’t safe. The air you breathe isn’t going to be safe, not for very long. That’s why you have to enjoy the moment.
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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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Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
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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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Bomber’ was the first song I wrote about war.
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From the beginning of time, the bad guys always had the best uniforms. Napoleon, the Confederates, the Nazis.
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Gay people are made and not born.
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I wasn’t any good at playing tennis.
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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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People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
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