As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
LEMMYThe Beatles were from Liverpool. It’s a hard town. The Stones weren’t the hard men. They just dressed up. The Beatles were the hard men.
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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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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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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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Am I going to get my warts removed? I might do, but I’m certainly not going to auction them on the Internet.
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Eddie Cochran – I never got to see him live, but he could play. Him and Buddy Holly, they were the best guitarists. They could get a good raunchy beat going.
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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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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
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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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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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I never thought it was an option.
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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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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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All my dreams came true. There’s not many people that can say that. I mean, most people have to work in a job they hate all their lives, and I can’t imagine that.
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I don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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