My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
LEMMYI find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead guitarist.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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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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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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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My advice wouldn’t be good to anybody. I don’t see it really being greeted with thunderous applause.
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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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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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’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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I don’t really have the voice for love songs, do I?
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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
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My hearing is usually O.K.
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It’s when you get to 60 when everything starts to go pear-shaped. Everyone thinks that becoming an older guy is easy, but you never consider it fully. It comes as quite a shock.
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There’s no point thinking about dying, because it’s going to happen anyway, isn’t it? I don’t waste my time worrying about that.
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