--- title: "1 Punk Band Quotes By Motorhead" description: "1 Punk Band quotes by Motorhead. Plus more from Motorhead and more Punk Band sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/motorhead-17753_long-hair_if-you-hadn-t-seen-what-we-looked-like-y_1507261.jpg" --- > [ If you hadn't seen what we looked like, you would have thought we were a punk band. I remember going down to the \[London club\] Roxy one night just to see what the punk thing was all about. I was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/if-you-hadn-t-seen-what-we-looked-like-you-would-have-thought-we-were/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/motorhead-17753_long-hair_if-you-hadn-t-seen-what-we-looked-like-y_1507261.jpg) ## More by Motorhead > [I got busted for drugs in Canada in 1975, but it was more that I was messing with the wrong drugs. Everybody was doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/i-got-busted-for-drugs-in-canada-in-1975-but-it-was-more-that-i-was/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [In truth, if you lived next door to us in those days, you probably would've never stopped to see if your lawn was dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/in-truth-if-you-lived-next-door-to-us-in-those-days-you-probably/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [Like the punks, we just swept all that tedious '70s Rick Wakeman, artsy-fartsy, yellow bell-bottoms, caftans-and-sandals shit aside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/like-the-punks-we-just-swept-all-that-tedious-70s-rick-wakeman-artsy/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [I'd get ten tabs, and he'd take seven and give me three, which I thought was very reasonable. He was great, a perfect old-school…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/i-d-get-ten-tabs-and-he-d-take-seven-and-give-me-three-which-i/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [In 1967, I was 21, and the only guy I knew in London was Neville Chester, a roadie who worked with the Who. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/in-1967-i-was-21-and-the-only-guy-i-knew-in-london-was-neville/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [When I saw Buddy Holly play in 1958, I was there looking for girls. At that age, you want to get laid. I saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/when-i-saw-buddy-holly-play-in-1958-i-was-there-looking-for-girls-at/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [I might be a dog, But honey, you're a bitch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/i-might-be-a-dog-but-honey-you-re-a-bitch/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [Telling lies just makes it worse, another loved one, blind and cursed, Don't speak the truth, only lies, all we need is a reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/telling-lies-just-makes-it-worse-another-loved-one-blind-and-cursed/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [It's a pretty bad deal you know for musicians really. The musician's union is no fucking good at all, you know?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/it-s-a-pretty-bad-deal-you-know-for-musicians-really-the-musician-s/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [Will you obey the master when he sets you free? Don't you think there'll be a price? I know what you are, I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/will-you-obey-the-master-when-he-sets-you-free-don-t-you-think-there/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [All people seem to know is "Ace of Spades." It's backfired at me ever since 'cause the ace of spades is a bad-luck sign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/all-people-seem-to-know-is-ace-of-spades-it-s-backfired-at-me-ever/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [You don't know me baby but I know you so well, Tried to make a fool of me, tried to ring my bell. Sneaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/you-don-t-know-me-baby-but-i-know-you-so-well-tried-to-make-a-fool-of/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [They came down on my 50th birthday to the Whisky and played 45 minutes of old Mot�rhead songs! I always thought Metallica were good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/they-came-down-on-my-50th-birthday-to-the-whisky-and-played-45/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [Love, at first sight, love with a traveling man, I've been a slut all my life, Wish every night was a one-night stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/love-at-first-sight-love-with-a-traveling-man-i-ve-been-a-slut-all-my/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) > [ I was living with these three girls. One of them picked up \[Hawkwind keyboardist\] Dik Mik one night and brought him back to the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/motorhead/i-was-living-with-these-three-girls-one-of-them-picked-up-hawkwind/) [Motorhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/motorhead/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/punk-band/motorhead/#itemlist", "name": "1 Punk Band Quotes By Motorhead", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you hadn't seen what we looked like, you would have thought we were a punk band. I remember going down to the [London club] Roxy one night just to see what the punk thing was all about. I was standing at the bar, and this bush behind me said, \"I used to sell acid at [Hawkwind's] all-night shows in King's Cross.\" And I turned around and it was Johnny Rotten. 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