I don’t really have the voice for love songs, do I?
LEMMYI’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
More Lemmy Quotes
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My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
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I’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
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I don’t know, I’ve always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.
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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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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.
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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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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 don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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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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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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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.
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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 always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
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