I wasn’t any good at playing tennis.
LEMMYPeople look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
More Lemmy Quotes
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I’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
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I always thought we had more in common with punk than with anything else, but we had long hair, so we didn’t fit in that box.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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When you leave the house, it isn’t safe. The air you breathe isn’t going to be safe, not for very long. That’s why you have to enjoy the moment.
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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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I’ve never met a girl who could stop me looking at all the others. If I did, I’d marry her.
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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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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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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 always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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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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I can never be anonymous – especially when I walk round looking like this; especially when I take so much trouble not to be anonymous, right?
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Bomber’ was the first song I wrote about war.
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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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