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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More Lemmy Quotes
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I like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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Gay people are made and not born.
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I learned that if I had known how much of this Nazi memorabilia there was to collect, I never would have started in the first place. It’s crowding me out of my house.
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I never thought it was an option.
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I don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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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 always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
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From the beginning of time, the bad guys always had the best uniforms. Napoleon, the Confederates, the Nazis.
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My hearing is usually O.K.
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People don’t know how to be outrageous anymore.
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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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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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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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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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As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
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