People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
LEMMYPeople don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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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We’ve made bad albums in the past, and people have bought them. I don’t know. I don’t care. I’m just grateful for it.
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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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I wasn’t any good at playing tennis.
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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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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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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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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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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 never thought it was an option.
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People don’t know how to be outrageous anymore.
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We was living in squats in Battersea when we started with Motorhead. And we lived with the Hell’s Angels in this flat. They were always around.
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When you leave the house, it isn’t safe. The air you breathe isn’t going to be safe, not for very long. That’s why you have to enjoy the moment.
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Rock n’ roll sounded like music from another planet. The first time around, we had people like Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis – all them people.
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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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