I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
LEMMYI wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
LEMMYMy father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
LEMMYMy persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
LEMMYI don’t miss anything by being a bachelor. I don’t know any happily married couples, not even my parents.
LEMMYI like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
LEMMYIt’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
LEMMYElvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
LEMMYI can never be anonymous – especially when I walk round looking like this; especially when I take so much trouble not to be anonymous, right?
LEMMYI wasn’t any good at playing tennis.
LEMMYIn 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.
LEMMYI don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
LEMMYThere’s no point thinking about dying, because it’s going to happen anyway, isn’t it? I don’t waste my time worrying about that.
LEMMYThe Beatles are the classical music of rock n’ roll. And rock n’ roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.
LEMMYEveryone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
LEMMYGay people are made and not born.
LEMMYI don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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