I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
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.
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Eddie Cochran – I never got to see him live, but he could play. Him and Buddy Holly, they were the best guitarists. They could get a good raunchy beat going.
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Everyone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can’t be safe. Life’s not safe. Your work isn’t safe.
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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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As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
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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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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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You learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.
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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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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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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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I went to go see the Rolling Stones in the park, and they were awful: completely out of tune. Jagger wore a frock.
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Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
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