I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
LEMMYI don’t miss anything by being a bachelor. I don’t know any happily married couples, not even my parents.
More Lemmy Quotes
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I’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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I don’t know, I’ve always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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Rock n’ roll sounded like music from another planet. The first time around, we had people like Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis – all them people.
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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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Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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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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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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You can’t win fame; you have to earn it. If you’re given fame without working for it, then you’re not going to be ready for it.
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My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
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Got two kids; one’s a record producer who lives just up the road from me – great guitarist and piano player, too.
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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 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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I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
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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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