I 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.
LEMMYIn 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.
More Lemmy Quotes
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I went to go see the Rolling Stones in the park, and they were awful: completely out of tune. Jagger wore a frock.
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I’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
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I never liked jazz or anything else. Early rock n’ roll – that was music to me. Everything else was boring.
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I wasn’t any good at playing tennis.
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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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I always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
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I was in the Rockin’ Vicars, which was the first British band to tour behind the Iron Curtain.
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My advice wouldn’t be good to anybody. I don’t see it really being greeted with thunderous applause.
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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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I 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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It’s when you get to 60 when everything starts to go pear-shaped. Everyone thinks that becoming an older guy is easy, but you never consider it fully. It comes as quite a shock.
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I always thought we had more in common with punk than with anything else, but we had long hair, so we didn’t fit in that box.
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I guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.
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I was lucky: I didn’t get married, so I didn’t have to have that responsibility.
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We 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.
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