Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
LEMMYEverything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
LEMMYIt’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
LEMMYGrowing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
LEMMYI went to go see the Rolling Stones in the park, and they were awful: completely out of tune. Jagger wore a frock.
LEMMYGood manners don’t cost nothing.
LEMMYMy persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
LEMMYI’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
LEMMYI don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
LEMMYEveryone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can’t be safe. Life’s not safe. Your work isn’t safe.
LEMMYIt’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.
LEMMYYou can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
LEMMYThe more you learn about everything, the more you learn that everything’s fixed not in your favour.
LEMMYI once fell through a hole in the stage.
LEMMYI 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.
LEMMYI was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
LEMMYWhen 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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