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.
LEMMYWe 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.
More Lemmy Quotes
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I’ve always been alone. I grew up alone. I like it that way. Even when I’m in an arena surrounded by 10,000 people, I’m alone in my head.
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Got two kids; one’s a record producer who lives just up the road from me – great guitarist and piano player, too.
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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.
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I was in the Rockin’ Vicars, which was the first British band to tour behind the Iron Curtain.
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I don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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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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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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I always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
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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.
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When you’ve lived the life that I have, you should always expect something like that to crop up. I was not a good boy.
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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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