I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
LEMMYI 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 thought we had more in common with punk than with anything else, but we had long hair, so we didn’t fit in that box.
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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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When you leave the house, it isn’t safe. The air you breathe isn’t going to be safe, not for very long. That’s why you have to enjoy the moment.
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I guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.
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I always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There’s plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.
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Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
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We was living in squats in Battersea when we started with Motorhead. And we lived with the Hell’s Angels in this flat. They were always around.
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The Beatles were from Liverpool. It’s a hard town. The Stones weren’t the hard men. They just dressed up. The Beatles were the hard men.
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I make a very good steak.
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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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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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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 not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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