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 hate golf! I still can’t believe Alice Cooper plays golf!
More Lemmy Quotes
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I always thought we had more in common with punk than with anything else, but we had long hair, so we didn’t fit in that box.
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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 don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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I once fell through a hole in the stage.
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I went to go see the Rolling Stones in the park, and they were awful: completely out of tune. Jagger wore a frock.
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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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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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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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Bomber’ was the first song I wrote about war.
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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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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.
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Just ’cause something’s popular, it can still be good. In fact, if more people are buying it, then you must be doing something right.
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I don’t want to advise anyone to do anything, apart from try and stay alive. That’s my advice – don’t die.
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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’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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