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.
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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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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I never thought it was an option.
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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.
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The Beatles are the classical music of rock n’ roll. And rock n’ roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.
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The thing about death is it’s so final, isn’t it, really? As far as we know… Nobody has ever come back and told us about it.
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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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I don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
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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’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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Bomber’ was the first song I wrote about war.
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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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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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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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I can never be anonymous – especially when I walk round looking like this; especially when I take so much trouble not to be anonymous, right?
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