I always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
LEMMYI always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
LEMMYI dislike religion quite intensely. It’s been the cause of all the grief in the world ever since they discovered the first stone to worship.
LEMMYI never liked jazz or anything else. Early rock n’ roll – that was music to me. Everything else was boring.
LEMMYPeople don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
LEMMYI listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
LEMMYA lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
LEMMYOh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
LEMMYI saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
LEMMYWomen always left me because I wouldn’t commit, but then nothing changes a relationship like commitment. If you move in with someone, you lose all respect for them.
LEMMYI don’t want to advise anyone to do anything, apart from try and stay alive. That’s my advice – don’t die.
LEMMYEverything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
LEMMYSome songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
LEMMYThe hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
LEMMYIt’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.
LEMMYWhen you leave the house, it isn’t safe. The air you breathe isn’t going to be safe, not for very long. That’s why you have to enjoy the moment.
LEMMYYou learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.
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