Rock n’ roll’s had a good time out of me – and I’ve had a very good time out of rock n’ roll.
LEMMYElvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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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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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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People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
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I once fell through a hole in the stage.
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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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I find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead guitarist.
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It’s much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.
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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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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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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 always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There’s plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.
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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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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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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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