Lemmy Quotes

Lemmy

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 24, 1945

I am emphatically not a Nazi.

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My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn't the driven sort.

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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.

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I always open doors for women. It's just good manners.

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It's very much up to you, how you shape your life. I mean, I missed out on human relationships. But looking at relationships that I've seen along the way, I don't think I've missed much.

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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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Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.

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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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I don't know if love exists, not the kind that keeps. I think love's an infatuation that turns into a habit, because you can't keep that passion going. You get used to people, and that's death for me - I like to be surprised.

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I once fell through a hole in the stage.

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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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Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.

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People don't know how to be outrageous anymore.

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You learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.

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Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.

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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. I never thought it was an option.

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My advice wouldn't be good to anybody. I don't see it really being greeted with thunderous applause.

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I was in the Rockin' Vicars, which was the first British band to tour behind the Iron Curtain. A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.

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Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.

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I don't eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that's it.

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