The Beatles are the classical music of rock n’ roll. And rock n’ roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.
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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People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
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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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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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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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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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I’ve always been very wordy; I’ve got a great vocabulary.
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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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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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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’m against any religion, and Communism and Nazism – they’re both equally religions. They’re just replacement gods.
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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 don’t really have the voice for love songs, do I?
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Am I going to get my warts removed? I might do, but I’m certainly not going to auction them on the Internet.
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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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