Good manners don’t cost nothing.
LEMMYThe hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
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Bomber’ was the first song I wrote about war.
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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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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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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 don’t want to advise anyone to do anything, apart from try and stay alive. That’s my advice – don’t die.
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I’ve never met a girl who could stop me looking at all the others. If I did, I’d marry her.
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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 don’t only collect Nazi stuff; I collect objects from all the Axis countries.
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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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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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In every kid’s life, there’s about three or four years when you’re at liberty, and after that, you have to get a job because you’re getting married or you have to support your parents or whatever it is.
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My hearing is usually O.K.
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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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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 like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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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 was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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Women always left me because I wouldn’t commit, but then nothing changes a relationship like commitment. If you move in with someone, you lose all respect for them.
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It’s very much up to you, how you shape your life. I mean, I missed out on human relationships. But looking at relationships that I’ve seen along the way, I don’t think I’ve missed much.
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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’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 learned that if I had known how much of this Nazi memorabilia there was to collect, I never would have started in the first place. It’s crowding me out of my house.
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