I was lucky: I didn’t get married, so I didn’t have to have that responsibility.
LEMMYAs a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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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Am I going to get my warts removed? I might do, but I’m certainly not going to auction them on the Internet.
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I was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
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I do quite like that Andrew Lloyd Webber song from ‘Cats.’ What’s it called? ‘Memory?’ Sends shivers up your spine.
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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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I wasn’t any good at playing tennis.
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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 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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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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I went to go see the Rolling Stones in the park, and they were awful: completely out of tune. Jagger wore a frock.
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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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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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It’s much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.
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