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.
LEMMYElvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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I was in the Rockin’ Vicars, which was the first British band to tour behind the Iron Curtain.
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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
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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 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 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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Got two kids; one’s a record producer who lives just up the road from me – great guitarist and piano player, too.
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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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People don’t know how to be outrageous anymore.
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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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People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
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I don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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I never thought it was an option.
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Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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I make a very good steak.
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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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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 don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
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I was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
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I like hard, aggressive music.
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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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There’s no point thinking about dying, because it’s going to happen anyway, isn’t it? I don’t waste my time worrying about that.
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The more you learn about everything, the more you learn that everything’s fixed not in your favour.
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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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Oh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
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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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As for what other people think of me, I don’t care. I don’t care and never have.
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