I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
LEMMYIn your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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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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It just seems like we get more popular every eight years or so. For some reason, it becomes cool to like Motorhead again.
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Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?
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I was lucky: I didn’t get married, so I didn’t have to have that responsibility.
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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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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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I make a very good steak.
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Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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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 don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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I once fell through a hole in the stage.
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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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We’ve made bad albums in the past, and people have bought them. I don’t know. I don’t care. I’m just grateful for it.
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