I always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
LEMMYI was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
More Lemmy Quotes
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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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In every kid’s life, there’s about three or four years when you’re at liberty, and after that, you have to get a job because you’re getting married or you have to support your parents or whatever it is.
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Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.
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I don’t really have the voice for love songs, do I?
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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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I like hard, aggressive music.
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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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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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We’ve made bad albums in the past, and people have bought them. I don’t know. I don’t care. I’m just grateful for it.
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I never thought it was an option.
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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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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.
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Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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I was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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You learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.
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You can’t win fame; you have to earn it. If you’re given fame without working for it, then you’re not going to be ready for it.
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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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I was lucky: I didn’t get married, so I didn’t have to have that responsibility.
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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.
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The more you learn about everything, the more you learn that everything’s fixed not in your favour.
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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’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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I’ve never met a girl who could stop me looking at all the others. If I did, I’d marry her.
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