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.
LEMMYYou 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.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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 can’t say I was really that surprised when the doctor told me I needed a defibrillator inserted in my chest.
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I don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
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I like hard, aggressive music.
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In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.
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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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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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When you’ve lived the life that I have, you should always expect something like that to crop up. I was not a good boy.
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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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My advice wouldn’t be good to anybody. I don’t see it really being greeted with thunderous applause.
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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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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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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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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, I’ve always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.
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