As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
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.
More Lemmy Quotes
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People don’t know how to be outrageous anymore.
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I always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There’s plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.
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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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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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The hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
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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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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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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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My hearing is usually O.K.
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You learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.
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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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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 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.
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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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Rock n’ roll’s had a good time out of me – and I’ve had a very good time out of rock n’ roll.
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