Quotes from Lemmy

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

I don't really have the voice for love songs, do I?

I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.

Gay people are made and not born.

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

My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.

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?

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

I'm not going to die broke, but I'm not rich.

Am I going to get my warts removed? I might do, but I'm certainly not going to auction them on the Internet.

As for what other people think of me, I don't care. I don't care and never have.

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

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.

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

You can't plan your life. It doesn't work.

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.

Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We're just a disease on this planet.

As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.

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

I always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There's plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.

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.

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

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

Some songs, you just can't shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.