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.
LEMMYI dislike religion quite intensely. It’s been the cause of all the grief in the world ever since they discovered the first stone to worship.
More Lemmy Quotes
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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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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 was lucky: I didn’t get married, so I didn’t have to have that responsibility.
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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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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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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 was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
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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 wanted to be a farmer; actually, I wanted to be a horse-breeder. And I had the stallions… but then I heard Little Richard, and that was it.
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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 find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead guitarist.
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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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My hearing is usually O.K.
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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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