My hearing is usually O.K.
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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As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
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I learned that if I had known how much of this Nazi memorabilia there was to collect, I never would have started in the first place. It’s crowding me out of my house.
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I once fell through a hole in the stage.
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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I like hard, aggressive music.
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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.
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Women always left me because I wouldn’t commit, but then nothing changes a relationship like commitment. If you move in with someone, you lose all respect for them.
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I’ve always been very wordy; I’ve got a great vocabulary.
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You can’t win fame; you have to earn it. If you’re given fame without working for it, then you’re not going to be ready for it.
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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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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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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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I’ve always been alone. I grew up alone. I like it that way. Even when I’m in an arena surrounded by 10,000 people, I’m alone in my head.
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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 always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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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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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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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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As for what other people think of me, I don’t care. I don’t care and never have.
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I hate golf! I still can’t believe Alice Cooper plays golf!
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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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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
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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 eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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