In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.
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More Lemmy Quotes
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I’ve always been very wordy; I’ve got a great vocabulary.
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I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
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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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Eddie Cochran – I never got to see him live, but he could play. Him and Buddy Holly, they were the best guitarists. They could get a good raunchy beat going.
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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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I once fell through a hole in the stage.
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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.
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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I didn’t really want to be in the lifestyle without the music. And I didn’t want to be in the music without the lifestyle.
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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’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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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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Am I going to get my warts removed? I might do, but I’m certainly not going to auction them on the Internet.
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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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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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