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.
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 don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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Am I going to get my warts removed? I might do, but I’m certainly not going to auction them on the Internet.
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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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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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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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My hearing is usually O.K.
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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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Got two kids; one’s a record producer who lives just up the road from me – great guitarist and piano player, too.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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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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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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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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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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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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People don’t know how to be outrageous anymore.
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