As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
LEMMYI don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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I’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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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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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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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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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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The hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
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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’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 make a very good steak.
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Bomber’ was the first song I wrote about war.
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I never thought it was an option.
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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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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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I hate golf! I still can’t believe Alice Cooper plays golf!
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It just seems like we get more popular every eight years or so. For some reason, it becomes cool to like Motorhead again.
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I’ve always been very wordy; I’ve got a great vocabulary.
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From the beginning of time, the bad guys always had the best uniforms. Napoleon, the Confederates, the Nazis.
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There’s no point thinking about dying, because it’s going to happen anyway, isn’t it? I don’t waste my time worrying about that.
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Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?
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My hearing is usually O.K.
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It’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
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I’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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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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It’s much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.
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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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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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