People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
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.
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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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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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My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
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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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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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I learned that if I had known how much of this Nazi memorabilia there was to collect, I never would have started in the first place. It’s crowding me out of my house.
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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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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’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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My hearing is usually O.K.
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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 can’t say I was really that surprised when the doctor told me I needed a defibrillator inserted in my chest.
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I wanted to be a farmer; actually, I wanted to be a horse-breeder. And I had the stallions… but then I heard Little Richard, and that was it.
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I wasn’t any good at playing tennis.
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In every kid’s life, there’s about three or four years when you’re at liberty, and after that, you have to get a job because you’re getting married or you have to support your parents or whatever it is.
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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 don’t know, I’ve always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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I’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
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It’s much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.
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I’m against any religion, and Communism and Nazism – they’re both equally religions. They’re just replacement gods.
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I’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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I don’t really have the voice for love songs, do I?
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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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I like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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