It’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
LEMMYI always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There’s plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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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The hippie era was a wonderful time because we still believed we could make the world a better place.
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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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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 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.
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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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My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn’t the driven sort.
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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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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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I dislike religion quite intensely. It’s been the cause of all the grief in the world ever since they discovered the first stone to worship.
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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I never liked jazz or anything else. Early rock n’ roll – that was music to me. Everything else was boring.
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I don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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I like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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