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.
LEMMYI’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.
LEMMYI don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
LEMMYI’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
LEMMYI guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.
LEMMYEverything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
LEMMYEveryone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can’t be safe. Life’s not safe. Your work isn’t safe.
LEMMYI saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
LEMMYI never liked jazz or anything else. Early rock n’ roll – that was music to me. Everything else was boring.
LEMMYFrom the beginning of time, the bad guys always had the best uniforms. Napoleon, the Confederates, the Nazis.
LEMMYI always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There’s plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.
LEMMYOh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
LEMMYRock n’ roll’s had a good time out of me – and I’ve had a very good time out of rock n’ roll.
LEMMYWe’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.
LEMMYHuman nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
LEMMYI like hard, aggressive music.
LEMMYI wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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