I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
LEMMYKids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
More Lemmy Quotes
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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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When you’ve lived the life that I have, you should always expect something like that to crop up. I was not a good boy.
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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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Just ’cause something’s popular, it can still be good. In fact, if more people are buying it, then you must be doing something right.
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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 always thought we had more in common with punk than with anything else, but we had long hair, so we didn’t fit in that box.
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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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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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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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My advice wouldn’t be good to anybody. I don’t see it really being greeted with thunderous applause.
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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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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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