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.
LEMMYI was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
More Lemmy Quotes
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My hearing is usually O.K.
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Am I going to get my warts removed? I might do, but I’m certainly not going to auction them on the Internet.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?
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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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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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It’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
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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’m not going to die broke, but I’m not rich.
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I don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
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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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I don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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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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Gay people are made and not born.
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