Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?
LEMMYI wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
More Lemmy Quotes
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You learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.
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I don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
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I was never going to be a doctor or a lawyer, so being a musician seemed to be the best of what was on offer.
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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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I’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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I make a very good steak.
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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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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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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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I don’t want to advise anyone to do anything, apart from try and stay alive. That’s my advice – don’t die.
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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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It’s much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.
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As for what other people think of me, I don’t care. I don’t care and never have.
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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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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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My hearing is usually O.K.
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We’ve made bad albums in the past, and people have bought them. I don’t know. I don’t care. I’m just grateful for it.
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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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 dislike religion quite intensely. It’s been the cause of all the grief in the world ever since they discovered the first stone to worship.
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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 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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I don’t know, I’ve always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.
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I’ve never met a girl who could stop me looking at all the others. If I did, I’d marry her.
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The thing about death is it’s so final, isn’t it, really? As far as we know… Nobody has ever come back and told us about it.
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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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