I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
LEMMYIt’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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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Bomber’ was the first song I wrote about war.
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I was in the Rockin’ Vicars, which was the first British band to tour behind the Iron Curtain.
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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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Everyone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can’t be safe. Life’s not safe. Your work isn’t safe.
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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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The Beatles are the classical music of rock n’ roll. And rock n’ roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.
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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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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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I hate golf! I still can’t believe Alice Cooper plays golf!
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I don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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I am emphatically not a Nazi.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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