I dislike religion quite intensely. It’s been the cause of all the grief in the world ever since they discovered the first stone to worship.
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The hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
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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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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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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 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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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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Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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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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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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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 am emphatically not a Nazi.
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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I think love’s an infatuation that turns into a habit, because you can’t keep that passion going. You get used to people, and that’s death for me – I like to be surprised.
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I make a very good steak.
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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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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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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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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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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 guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.
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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 never thought it was an option.
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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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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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