Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
LEMMYKids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
More Lemmy Quotes
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I make a very good steak.
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It’s very much up to you, how you shape your life. I mean, I missed out on human relationships. But looking at relationships that I’ve seen along the way, I don’t think I’ve missed much.
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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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Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
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I don’t really have the voice for love songs, do I?
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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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I hate golf! I still can’t believe Alice Cooper plays golf!
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The thing about death is it’s so final, isn’t it, really? As far as we know… Nobody has ever come back and told us about it.
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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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I never thought it was an option.
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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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I always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
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I’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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I don’t miss anything by being a bachelor. I don’t know any happily married couples, not even my parents.
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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
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In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.
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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 do quite like that Andrew Lloyd Webber song from ‘Cats.’ What’s it called? ‘Memory?’ Sends shivers up your spine.
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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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I never liked jazz or anything else. Early rock n’ roll – that was music to me. Everything else was boring.
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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 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 guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.
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I don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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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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The more you learn about everything, the more you learn that everything’s fixed not in your favour.
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