Touring is too much fun to stop.
LEMMYI don’t know, I’ve always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.
More Lemmy Quotes
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In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
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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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I’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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Rock n’ roll’s had a good time out of me – and I’ve had a very good time out of rock n’ roll.
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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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I guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.
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Good manners don’t cost nothing.
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It’s when you get to 60 when everything starts to go pear-shaped. Everyone thinks that becoming an older guy is easy, but you never consider it fully. It comes as quite a shock.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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As for what other people think of me, I don’t care. I don’t care and never have.
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Bomber’ was the first song I wrote about war.
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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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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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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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I always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There’s plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.
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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.
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From the beginning of time, the bad guys always had the best uniforms. Napoleon, the Confederates, the Nazis.
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I can’t say I was really that surprised when the doctor told me I needed a defibrillator inserted in my chest.
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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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 am emphatically not a Nazi.
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Everyone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can’t be safe. Life’s not safe. Your work isn’t safe.
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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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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 wanted to be a farmer; actually, I wanted to be a horse-breeder. And I had the stallions… but then I heard Little Richard, and that was it.
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