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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More Lemmy Quotes
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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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I guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.
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I don’t want to advise anyone to do anything, apart from try and stay alive. That’s my advice – don’t die.
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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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I was never going to be a doctor or a lawyer, so being a musician seemed to be the best of what was on offer.
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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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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’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
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Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?
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I don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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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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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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We’ve made bad albums in the past, and people have bought them. I don’t know. I don’t care. I’m just grateful for it.
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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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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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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 never thought it was an option.
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From the beginning of time, the bad guys always had the best uniforms. Napoleon, the Confederates, the Nazis.
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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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