In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.
LEMMYI like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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 was lucky: I didn’t get married, so I didn’t have to have that responsibility.
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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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From the beginning of time, the bad guys always had the best uniforms. Napoleon, the Confederates, the Nazis.
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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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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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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’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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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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The Beatles are the classical music of rock n’ roll. And rock n’ roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.
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The hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
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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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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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I’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
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Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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