The hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
LEMMYI was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
More Lemmy Quotes
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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It’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
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My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
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People don’t know how to be outrageous anymore.
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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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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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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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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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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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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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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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In every kid’s life, there’s about three or four years when you’re at liberty, and after that, you have to get a job because you’re getting married or you have to support your parents or whatever it is.
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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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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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It just seems like we get more popular every eight years or so. For some reason, it becomes cool to like Motorhead again.
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Just ’cause something’s popular, it can still be good. In fact, if more people are buying it, then you must be doing something right.
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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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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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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 always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
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Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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I’ve always been very wordy; I’ve got a great vocabulary.
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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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We was living in squats in Battersea when we started with Motorhead. And we lived with the Hell’s Angels in this flat. They were always around.
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I don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
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