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.
LEMMYHuman nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
More Lemmy Quotes
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I was never going to be a doctor or a lawyer, so being a musician seemed to be the best of what was on offer.
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I make a very good steak.
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It’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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I like hard, aggressive music.
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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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People don’t know how to be outrageous anymore.
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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’m against any religion, and Communism and Nazism – they’re both equally religions. They’re just replacement gods.
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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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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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I can never be anonymous – especially when I walk round looking like this; especially when I take so much trouble not to be anonymous, right?
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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 dislike religion quite intensely. It’s been the cause of all the grief in the world ever since they discovered the first stone to worship.
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I always thought we had more in common with punk than with anything else, but we had long hair, so we didn’t fit in that box.
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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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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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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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People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
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Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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Rock n’ roll’s had a good time out of me – and I’ve had a very good time out of rock n’ roll.
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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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