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.
LEMMYI 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.
More Lemmy Quotes
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Rock n’ roll sounded like music from another planet. The first time around, we had people like Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis – all them people.
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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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The more you learn about everything, the more you learn that everything’s fixed not in your favour.
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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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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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It’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
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When you’ve lived the life that I have, you should always expect something like that to crop up. I was not a good boy.
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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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My hearing is usually O.K.
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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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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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I don’t miss anything by being a bachelor. I don’t know any happily married couples, not even my parents.
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The hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
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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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