Lemmy on being
Lemmy106 quotes“As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.”
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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.
LemmyLemmy I never thought it was an option.
LemmyLemmy Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
LemmyLemmy My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
LemmyLemmy Good manners don’t cost nothing.
LemmyLemmy People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
LemmyLemmy Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
LemmyLemmy I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
LemmyLemmy I find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead guitarist.
LemmyLemmy Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
LemmyLemmy I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
LemmyLemmy 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.
LemmyLemmy I always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
LemmyLemmy The Beatles were from Liverpool. It’s a hard town. The Stones weren’t the hard men. They just dressed up. The Beatles were the hard men.
LemmyLemmy I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
LemmyLemmy I’ve always been very wordy; I’ve got a great vocabulary.
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
Juwairiyyah OlgarJuwairiyyah Olgar
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If you want to be original just try being yourself, because God has never made two people exactly alike.
Bernard MeltzerBernard Meltzer There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
Bernard BaruchBernard Baruch Before you invest, you must ensure that you have realistically assessed your probability of being right and how you will react to the consequences of being wrong.
Benjamin GrahamBenjamin Graham I wasn’t ever advised by Scott Sullivan of anything ever being wrong.
Bernard EbbersBernard Ebbers You have to give it your all to be successful.
Bastian SchweinsteigerBastian Schweinsteiger When I started singing about my life and what I was going through, I felt more confident. It was my own life, I was being myself, I was telling people what was happening.
Benjamin ClementineBenjamin Clementine The fulfilment that is being in love with God is not the product of our knowledge and choice. It is God’s gift.
Bernard LonerganBernard Lonergan