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.
LEMMYI can never be anonymous – especially when I walk round looking like this; especially when I take so much trouble not to be anonymous, right?
More Lemmy Quotes
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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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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 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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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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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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People don’t know how to be outrageous anymore.
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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
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I don’t only collect Nazi stuff; I collect objects from all the Axis countries.
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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Just ’cause something’s popular, it can still be good. In fact, if more people are buying it, then you must be doing something right.
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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 like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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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 am emphatically not a Nazi.
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