I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
LEMMYKids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
More Lemmy Quotes
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People don’t know how to be outrageous anymore.
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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 gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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Bomber’ was the first song I wrote about war.
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I’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
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I wanted to be a farmer; actually, I wanted to be a horse-breeder. And I had the stallions… but then I heard Little Richard, and that was it.
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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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Rock n’ roll’s had a good time out of me – and I’ve had a very good time out of rock n’ roll.
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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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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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Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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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 not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
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I’ve always been very wordy; I’ve got a great vocabulary.
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