I’m against any religion, and Communism and Nazism – they’re both equally religions. They’re just replacement gods.
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More Lemmy Quotes
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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
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I like hard, aggressive music.
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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 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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I like touring; I live on the road, more or less.
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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 hate golf! I still can’t believe Alice Cooper plays golf!
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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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Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
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I wasn’t any good at playing tennis.
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I was in the Rockin’ Vicars, which was the first British band to tour behind the Iron Curtain.
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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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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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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’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 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 don’t really admire musicianship per se – as is obvious from my own playing.
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My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.
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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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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 more you learn about everything, the more you learn that everything’s fixed not in your favour.
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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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I wasn’t very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.
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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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I’m not a poker player; I play slot machines.
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