Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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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I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
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Am I going to get my warts removed? I might do, but I’m certainly not going to auction them on the Internet.
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It just seems like we get more popular every eight years or so. For some reason, it becomes cool to like Motorhead again.
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I can never be anonymous – especially when I walk round looking like this; especially when I take so much trouble not to be anonymous, right?
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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 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 always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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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 was in the Rockin’ Vicars, which was the first British band to tour behind the Iron Curtain.
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Eddie Cochran – I never got to see him live, but he could play. Him and Buddy Holly, they were the best guitarists. They could get a good raunchy beat going.
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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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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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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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When you’ve lived the life that I have, you should always expect something like that to crop up. I was not a good boy.
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I wasn’t any good at playing tennis.
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