My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
LEMMYI can’t say I was really that surprised when the doctor told me I needed a defibrillator inserted in my chest.
More Lemmy Quotes
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Just ’cause something’s popular, it can still be good. In fact, if more people are buying it, then you must be doing something right.
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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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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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Women always left me because I wouldn’t commit, but then nothing changes a relationship like commitment. If you move in with someone, you lose all respect for them.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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I 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.
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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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I make a very good steak.
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I’ve always been very wordy; I’ve got a great vocabulary.
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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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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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It’s much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.
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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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