I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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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.
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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
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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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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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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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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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I’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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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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I like hard, aggressive music.
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All my dreams came true. There’s not many people that can say that. I mean, most people have to work in a job they hate all their lives, and I can’t imagine that.
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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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