As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
LEMMYI was never going to be a doctor or a lawyer, so being a musician seemed to be the best of what was on offer.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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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It’s very much up to you, how you shape your life. I mean, I missed out on human relationships. But looking at relationships that I’ve seen along the way, I don’t think I’ve missed much.
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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 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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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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I don’t really have the voice for love songs, do I?
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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 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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I once fell through a hole in the stage.
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My hearing is usually O.K.
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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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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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It’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
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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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