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.
LEMMYI always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
More Lemmy Quotes
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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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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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Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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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.
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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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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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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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The Beatles are the classical music of rock n’ roll. And rock n’ roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.
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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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I make a very good steak.
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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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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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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 the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
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