I was in the Rockin’ Vicars, which was the first British band to tour behind the Iron Curtain.
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 do quite like that Andrew Lloyd Webber song from ‘Cats.’ What’s it called? ‘Memory?’ Sends shivers up your spine.
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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 wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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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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Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?
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Rock n’ roll’s had a good time out of me – and I’ve had a very good time out of rock n’ roll.
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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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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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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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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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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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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 learned that if I had known how much of this Nazi memorabilia there was to collect, I never would have started in the first place. It’s crowding me out of my house.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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Everyone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can’t be safe. Life’s not safe. Your work isn’t safe.
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I like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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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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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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I make a very good steak.
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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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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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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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