I can’t say I was really that surprised when the doctor told me I needed a defibrillator inserted in my chest.
LEMMYI 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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Oh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
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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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Gay people are made and not born.
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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 like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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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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I like hard, aggressive music.
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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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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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All my dreams came true. There’s not many people that can say that. I mean, most people have to work in a job they hate all their lives, and I can’t imagine that.
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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 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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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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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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People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
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