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.
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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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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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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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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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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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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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 wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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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 always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There’s plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.
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I can’t say I was really that surprised when the doctor told me I needed a defibrillator inserted in my chest.
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It’s when you get to 60 when everything starts to go pear-shaped. Everyone thinks that becoming an older guy is easy, but you never consider it fully. It comes as quite a shock.
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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 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 listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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