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.
LEMMYOh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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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Bomber’ was the first song I wrote about war.
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You learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.
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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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As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.
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I once fell through a hole in the stage.
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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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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 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 don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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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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I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
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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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I was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
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