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.
LEMMYEddie 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.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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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You learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.
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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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Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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The more you learn about everything, the more you learn that everything’s fixed not in your favour.
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The thing about death is it’s so final, isn’t it, really? As far as we know… Nobody has ever come back and told us about it.
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I was never going to be a doctor or a lawyer, so being a musician seemed to be the best of what was on offer.
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My advice wouldn’t be good to anybody. I don’t see it really being greeted with thunderous applause.
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I don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
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Got two kids; one’s a record producer who lives just up the road from me – great guitarist and piano player, too.
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The hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
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I make a very good steak.
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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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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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Gay people are made and not born.
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