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.
LEMMYI’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
More Lemmy Quotes
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I always thought we had more in common with punk than with anything else, but we had long hair, so we didn’t fit in that box.
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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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It’s very much up to you, how you shape your life. I mean, I missed out on human relationships. But looking at relationships that I’ve seen along the way, I don’t think I’ve missed much.
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Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?
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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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When you’ve lived the life that I have, you should always expect something like that to crop up. I was not a good boy.
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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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It just seems like we get more popular every eight years or so. For some reason, it becomes cool to like Motorhead again.
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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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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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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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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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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
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From the beginning of time, the bad guys always had the best uniforms. Napoleon, the Confederates, the Nazis.
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