It’s much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.
LEMMYMy father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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 wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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Oh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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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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Bomber’ was the first song I wrote about war.
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I am emphatically not a Nazi.
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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 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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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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I do quite like that Andrew Lloyd Webber song from ‘Cats.’ What’s it called? ‘Memory?’ Sends shivers up your spine.
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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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I hate golf! I still can’t believe Alice Cooper plays golf!
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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 always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
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