Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
LEMMYThe 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.
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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I don’t really have the voice for love songs, do I?
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I’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
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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 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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As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
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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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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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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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I always thought we had more in common with punk than with anything else, but we had long hair, so we didn’t fit in that box.
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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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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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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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