In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.
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.
More Lemmy Quotes
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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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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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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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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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Bomber’ was the first song I wrote about war.
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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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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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Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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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’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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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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I wasn’t any good at playing tennis.
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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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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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