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.
LEMMYI 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.
More Lemmy Quotes
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The Beatles were from Liverpool. It’s a hard town. The Stones weren’t the hard men. They just dressed up. The Beatles were the hard men.
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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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I never thought it was an option.
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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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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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I hate golf! I still can’t believe Alice Cooper plays golf!
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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.
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Got two kids; one’s a record producer who lives just up the road from me – great guitarist and piano player, too.
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I learned that if I had known how much of this Nazi memorabilia there was to collect, I never would have started in the first place. It’s crowding me out of my house.
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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.
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I am emphatically not a Nazi.
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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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It’s much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.
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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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