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.
LEMMYI’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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 always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
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I don’t only collect Nazi stuff; I collect objects from all the Axis countries.
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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 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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I’ve never met a girl who could stop me looking at all the others. If I did, I’d marry her.
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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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I was in the Rockin’ Vicars, which was the first British band to tour behind the Iron Curtain.
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Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?
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As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
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People don’t know how to be outrageous anymore.
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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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