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.
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 do quite like that Andrew Lloyd Webber song from ‘Cats.’ What’s it called? ‘Memory?’ Sends shivers up your spine.
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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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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 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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I don’t know, I’ve always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.
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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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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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Rock n’ roll’s had a good time out of me – and I’ve had a very good time out of rock n’ roll.
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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 think love’s an infatuation that turns into a habit, because you can’t keep that passion going. You get used to people, and that’s death for me – I like to be surprised.
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As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
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I was lucky: I didn’t get married, so I didn’t have to have that responsibility.
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I am emphatically not a Nazi.
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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’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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