My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
LEMMYThe hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
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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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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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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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Eddie 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.
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It’s when you get to 60 when everything starts to go pear-shaped. Everyone thinks that becoming an older guy is easy, but you never consider it fully. It comes as quite a shock.
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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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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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The Beatles are the classical music of rock n’ roll. And rock n’ roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.
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I like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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Women always left me because I wouldn’t commit, but then nothing changes a relationship like commitment. If you move in with someone, you lose all respect for them.
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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.
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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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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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