I always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
LEMMYI 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.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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 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 wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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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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Women always left me because I wouldn’t commit, but then nothing changes a relationship like commitment. If you move in with someone, you lose all respect for them.
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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 don’t know, I’ve always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.
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Gay people are made and not born.
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We was living in squats in Battersea when we started with Motorhead. And we lived with the Hell’s Angels in this flat. They were always around.
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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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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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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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Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
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I was lucky: I didn’t get married, so I didn’t have to have that responsibility.
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