I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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More Lemmy Quotes
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I once fell through a hole in the stage.
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You can’t win fame; you have to earn it. If you’re given fame without working for it, then you’re not going to be ready for it.
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I dislike religion quite intensely. It’s been the cause of all the grief in the world ever since they discovered the first stone to worship.
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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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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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Everyone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can’t be safe. Life’s not safe. Your work isn’t safe.
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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Rock n’ roll’s had a good time out of me – and I’ve had a very good time out of rock n’ roll.
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I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
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I think love’s an infatuation that turns into a habit, because you can’t keep that passion going. You get used to people, and that’s death for me – I like to be surprised.
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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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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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I do quite like that Andrew Lloyd Webber song from ‘Cats.’ What’s it called? ‘Memory?’ Sends shivers up your spine.
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The thing about death is it’s so final, isn’t it, really? As far as we know… Nobody has ever come back and told us about it.
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I don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
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