When you’ve lived the life that I have, you should always expect something like that to crop up. I was not a good boy.
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More Lemmy Quotes
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In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.
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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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I never thought it was an option.
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I’ve always been alone. I grew up alone. I like it that way. Even when I’m in an arena surrounded by 10,000 people, I’m alone in my head.
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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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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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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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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 can never be anonymous – especially when I walk round looking like this; especially when I take so much trouble not to be anonymous, right?
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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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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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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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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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I’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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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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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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Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
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I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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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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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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