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.
LEMMYI always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There’s plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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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My hearing is usually O.K.
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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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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 don’t know, I’ve always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.
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Gay people are made and not born.
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I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
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You learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.
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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’m against any religion, and Communism and Nazism – they’re both equally religions. They’re just replacement gods.
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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In every kid’s life, there’s about three or four years when you’re at liberty, and after that, you have to get a job because you’re getting married or you have to support your parents or whatever it is.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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