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.
LEMMYI guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.
More Lemmy Quotes
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I like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
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People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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It just seems like we get more popular every eight years or so. For some reason, it becomes cool to like Motorhead again.
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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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I wanted to be a farmer; actually, I wanted to be a horse-breeder. And I had the stallions… but then I heard Little Richard, and that was it.
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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.
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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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I don’t really have the voice for love songs, do I?
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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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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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I like hard, aggressive music.
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When 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.
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