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.
LEMMYIt’s very much up to you, how you shape your life. I mean, I missed out on human relationships. But looking at relationships that I’ve seen along the way, I don’t think I’ve missed much.
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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I make a very good steak.
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You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.
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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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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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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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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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Women always left me because I wouldn’t commit, but then nothing changes a relationship like commitment. If you move in with someone, you lose all respect for them.
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I like hard, aggressive music.
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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’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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People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
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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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