I always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!
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More Lemmy Quotes
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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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Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.
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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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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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I didn’t really want to be in the lifestyle without the music. And I didn’t want to be in the music without the lifestyle.
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I like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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I do quite like that Andrew Lloyd Webber song from ‘Cats.’ What’s it called? ‘Memory?’ Sends shivers up your spine.
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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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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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I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
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It just seems like we get more popular every eight years or so. For some reason, it becomes cool to like Motorhead again.
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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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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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People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
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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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