I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
LEMMYAll my dreams came true. There’s not many people that can say that. I mean, most people have to work in a job they hate all their lives, and I can’t imagine that.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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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The Beatles are the classical music of rock n’ roll. And rock n’ roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.
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I don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
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Gay people are made and not born.
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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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Like most housewives, I don’t cook unless I have company.
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I’m against any religion, and Communism and Nazism – they’re both equally religions. They’re just replacement gods.
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People don’t know how to be outrageous anymore.
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I was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
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I hate golf! I still can’t believe Alice Cooper plays golf!
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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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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 don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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It’s much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.
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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 never liked jazz or anything else. Early rock n’ roll – that was music to me. Everything else was boring.
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My hearing is usually O.K.
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Oh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
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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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I like hard, aggressive music.
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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I never thought it was an option.
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Just ’cause something’s popular, it can still be good. In fact, if more people are buying it, then you must be doing something right.
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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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I don’t really have the voice for love songs, do I?
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