I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
LEMMYI saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
More Lemmy Quotes
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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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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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It’s very much up to you, how you shape your life. I mean, I missed out on human relationships. But looking at relationships that I’ve seen along the way, I don’t think I’ve missed much.
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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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I like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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I don’t only collect Nazi stuff; I collect objects from all the Axis countries.
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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
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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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I’ve never met a girl who could stop me looking at all the others. If I did, I’d marry her.
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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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Everyone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can’t be safe. Life’s not safe. Your work isn’t safe.
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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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