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.
LEMMYElvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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The Beatles were from Liverpool. It’s a hard town. The Stones weren’t the hard men. They just dressed up. The Beatles were the hard men.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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I like hard, aggressive music.
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There’s no point thinking about dying, because it’s going to happen anyway, isn’t it? I don’t waste my time worrying about that.
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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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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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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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As for what other people think of me, I don’t care. I don’t care and never have.
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I was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
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Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?
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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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I was lucky: I didn’t get married, so I didn’t have to have that responsibility.
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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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I like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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