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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More Lemmy Quotes
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In 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 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 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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As for what other people think of me, I don’t care. I don’t care and never have.
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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
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The thing about death is it’s so final, isn’t it, really? As far as we know… Nobody has ever come back and told us about it.
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I was never going to be a doctor or a lawyer, so being a musician seemed to be the best of what was on offer.
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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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When 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.
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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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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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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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I never thought it was an option.
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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.
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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 don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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People don’t know how to be outrageous anymore.
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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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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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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The more you learn about everything, the more you learn that everything’s fixed not in your favour.
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I’ve always been very wordy; I’ve got a great vocabulary.
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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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