I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
LEMMYI listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
LEMMYOh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
LEMMYWhen you’ve lived the life that I have, you should always expect something like that to crop up. I was not a good boy.
LEMMYWhen you leave the house, it isn’t safe. The air you breathe isn’t going to be safe, not for very long. That’s why you have to enjoy the moment.
LEMMYAll my dreams came true. There’s not many people that can say that. I mean, most people have to work in a job they hate all their lives, and I can’t imagine that.
LEMMYI always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
LEMMYAs a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
LEMMYAs for what other people think of me, I don’t care. I don’t care and never have.
LEMMYI learned that if I had known how much of this Nazi memorabilia there was to collect, I never would have started in the first place. It’s crowding me out of my house.
LEMMYI saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
LEMMYI don’t want to advise anyone to do anything, apart from try and stay alive. That’s my advice – don’t die.
LEMMYWe was living in squats in Battersea when we started with Motorhead. And we lived with the Hell’s Angels in this flat. They were always around.
LEMMYI don’t really have the voice for love songs, do I?
LEMMYIt’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.
LEMMYI 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.
LEMMYI find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead guitarist.
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