Lemmy Quotes

Lemmy

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 24, 1945

I was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.

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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. When you've lived the life that I have, you should always expect something like that to crop up. I was not a good boy.

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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've always been very wordy; I've got a great vocabulary.

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I hate golf! I still can't believe Alice Cooper plays golf!

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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 make a very good steak.

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All my dreams came true. There's not many people that can say that. I mean, most people have to work in a job they hate all their lives, and I can't imagine that.

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I always wanted to be able to show off like the guitar players do. I think I managed that alright!

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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 wasn't any good at playing tennis.

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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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Got two kids; one's a record producer who lives just up the road from me - great guitarist and piano player, too.

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Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?

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Everything I hear influences me. I can't tell you all my influences as a musician.

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I don't know, I've always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.

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There's no point thinking about dying, because it's going to happen anyway, isn't it? I don't waste my time worrying about that.

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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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From the beginning of time, the bad guys always had the best uniforms. Napoleon, the Confederates, the Nazis.

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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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