Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister Quotes
We were nominated for Grammy once before for our album 1916. We were up against Metallica at the time and they had just sold a quarter of a zillion albums.
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I want every Grammy.
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As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica.
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I wouldn't mind doing Broadway, but I am definitely trying to get a album out there first.
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I've got a Grammy and Emmy, I'd like to have a Tony.
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I grew up in an age where I loved going and buying a physical record. Things that were digital and all that stuff, it wasn't around. So I loved going and buying an album and looking through the inserts and reading stuff and seeing pictures.
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When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.
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Even though the album is an endangered species, can we try and make a coherent and good one, even if it's like making a horse and cart at a Nascar conference?
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I still have certain goals that I want. Grammies... Other awards... an Oscar one day.
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I remember loving that album, ... Frampton took me into the studio and played me that album and I thought it was the greatest party album that I'd heard in a long time, and so I wrote the liner notes and the album became huge.
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I couldn't have asked for a greater grounding. I have never quite got used to the fact that I was one of those involved in recording a Beatles album.
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A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrical event.
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We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.
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i think our desires to put in music that we like and want to do in our albums are stronger than being conscious of the public's eyes or ears. That's why we're learning bit by bit with each new album. Although our music charts rankings are quite low, rankings and money aren't important in music.
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I'm always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.
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When I was growing up, I would listen to a different album almost every night. I would do the full album experience before I went to bed and that's how I would discover a lot of music. I would kind of go into another world with my headphones on.
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When it comes to making an album I take that very seriously. I am meticulous, overworked. That's my time to put everything under the microscope.
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I like that Metallica has found a way to have these non-pedestrian arrangements but then the vocal melody is strong and intense. I've always appreciated that as a fan.
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The great thing about Metallica's music and the lyrics, it's always going to be hopefully a motivating experience.
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Gospel music has gotten many people through many situations. And I pray my latest album “Bless Somebody Else” has a message that will help you through this pandemic.
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I'm always happy when I see something written on an album that wasn't just typed on a computer.
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So many Americans, for one reason or another, they watch the news and it doesn't really give them the idea of the world. Or they don't read or travel. They have no idea that America is part of the world and not the world itself.
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Trying to impress people who hate you is just a big waste of time.
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We were nominated for Grammy once before for our album 1916. We were up against Metallica at the time and they had just sold a quarter of a zillion albums.
