The Beatles are the classical music of rock n’ roll. And rock n’ roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.
LEMMYThe hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
More Lemmy Quotes
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As for what other people think of me, I don’t care. I don’t care and never have.
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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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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 don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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I can never be anonymous – especially when I walk round looking like this; especially when I take so much trouble not to be anonymous, right?
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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Oh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
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I always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There’s plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.
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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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People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
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I don’t know, I’ve always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.
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I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
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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 never thought it was an option.
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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.
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