Got two kids; one’s a record producer who lives just up the road from me – great guitarist and piano player, too.
LEMMYJust ’cause something’s popular, it can still be good. In fact, if more people are buying it, then you must be doing something right.
More Lemmy Quotes
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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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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I’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
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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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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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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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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 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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You learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.
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I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
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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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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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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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