I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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 was in the Rockin’ Vicars, which was the first British band to tour behind the Iron Curtain.
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We’ve made bad albums in the past, and people have bought them. I don’t know. I don’t care. I’m just grateful for it.
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I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn’t let you play with.
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The thing about death is it’s so final, isn’t it, really? As far as we know… Nobody has ever come back and told us about it.
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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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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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I went to go see the Rolling Stones in the park, and they were awful: completely out of tune. Jagger wore a frock.
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I wasn’t any good at playing tennis.
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Touring is too much fun to stop.
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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 always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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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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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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