My hearing is usually O.K.
LEMMYEverything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
More Lemmy Quotes
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.
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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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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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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 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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I once fell through a hole in the stage.
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I can’t say I was really that surprised when the doctor told me I needed a defibrillator inserted in my chest.
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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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I was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
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I never liked jazz or anything else. Early rock n’ roll – that was music to me. Everything else was boring.
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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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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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I’m against any religion, and Communism and Nazism – they’re both equally religions. They’re just replacement gods.
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