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.
LEMMYEveryone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can’t be safe. Life’s not safe. Your work isn’t safe.
More Lemmy Quotes
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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You learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.
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I don’t miss anything by being a bachelor. I don’t know any happily married couples, not even my parents.
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It’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
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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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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’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 didn’t really want to be in the lifestyle without the music. And I didn’t want to be in the music without the lifestyle.
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I am emphatically not a Nazi.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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I can’t say I was really that surprised when the doctor told me I needed a defibrillator inserted in my chest.
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In every kid’s life, there’s about three or four years when you’re at liberty, and after that, you have to get a job because you’re getting married or you have to support your parents or whatever it is.
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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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