Rock n’ roll sounded like music from another planet. The first time around, we had people like Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis – all them people.
LEMMYI listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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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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As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
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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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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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I’m not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that’s inevitable?
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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 was never going to be a doctor or a lawyer, so being a musician seemed to be the best of what was on offer.
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I’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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Gay people are made and not born.
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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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I make a very good steak.
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We was living in squats in Battersea when we started with Motorhead. And we lived with the Hell’s Angels in this flat. They were always around.
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Rock n’ roll’s had a good time out of me – and I’ve had a very good time out of rock n’ roll.
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