I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
LEMMYIn 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.
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I dislike religion quite intensely. It’s been the cause of all the grief in the world ever since they discovered the first stone to worship.
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I don’t miss anything by being a bachelor. I don’t know any happily married couples, not even my parents.
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I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
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Everyone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can’t be safe. Life’s not safe. Your work isn’t safe.
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All 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.
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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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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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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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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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I think love’s an infatuation that turns into a habit, because you can’t keep that passion going. You get used to people, and that’s death for me – I like to be surprised.
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I’ve always been very wordy; I’ve got a great vocabulary.
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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 don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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There’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.
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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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