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.
LEMMYIn every kid’s life, there’s about three or four years when you’re at liberty, and after that, you have to get a job because you’re getting married or you have to support your parents or whatever it is.
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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
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I never thought it was an option.
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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 don’t want to advise anyone to do anything, apart from try and stay alive. That’s my advice – don’t die.
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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 guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.
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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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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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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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As for what other people think of me, I don’t care. I don’t care and never have.
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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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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’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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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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