Lemmy

“I don't really admire musicianship per se - as is obvious from my own playing.”

“People don't become better when they're dead; you just talk about them as if they are.”

“In every kid's life, there's about three or four years when you're at liberty, and after that, you have to get a job because you're getting married or you have to support your parents or whatever it is. I was lucky: I didn't get married, so I didn't have to have that responsibility.”

“I don't miss anything by being a bachelor. I don't know any happily married couples, not even my parents.”

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

“It's much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.”

“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.”

“We've made bad albums in the past, and people have bought them. I don't know. I don't care. I'm just grateful for it.”

“My hearing is usually O.K.”

“Touring is too much fun to stop.”

“I'm not a poker player; I play slot machines.”

“You can't win fame; you have to earn it. If you're given fame without working for it, then you're not going to be ready for it.”

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

“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. People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.”

“I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn't let you play with.”

“I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.”

“I guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.”

“I'd never have left Hawkwind if I hadn't been fired.”

“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.”