In every kid’s life, there’s about three or four years when you’re at liberty, and after that, you have to get a job because you’re getting married or you have to support your parents or whatever it is.
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More Lemmy Quotes
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I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
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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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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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I’m against any religion, and Communism and Nazism – they’re both equally religions. They’re just replacement gods.
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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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Women always left me because I wouldn’t commit, but then nothing changes a relationship like commitment. If you move in with someone, you lose all respect for them.
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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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It just seems like we get more popular every eight years or so. For some reason, it becomes cool to like Motorhead again.
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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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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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I didn’t really want to be in the lifestyle without the music. And I didn’t want to be in the music without the lifestyle.
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I don’t really have the voice for love songs, do I?
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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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Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
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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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