It’s when you get to 60 when everything starts to go pear-shaped. Everyone thinks that becoming an older guy is easy, but you never consider it fully. It comes as quite a shock.
LEMMYIt’s much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.
More Lemmy Quotes
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I am emphatically not a Nazi.
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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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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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All my dreams came true. There’s not many people that can say that. I mean, most people have to work in a job they hate all their lives, and I can’t imagine that.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
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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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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’m against any religion, and Communism and Nazism – they’re both equally religions. They’re just replacement gods.
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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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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 never liked jazz or anything else. Early rock n’ roll – that was music to me. Everything else was boring.
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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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