Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister Quotes
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It became kind of a fad in the late '70s to try to help people wake up out of comas by hearing things that they liked. I remember we sent out about six tapes. We heard that we were this one kid's favorite band so we sent a tape that said, "Hey this is Motörhead. It's time to wake up."
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All you got in life is your honor, man, your own self-image, your own self-respect. If you lose that, or if you give it away or if you sell it, then you ain't got it no more.
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It is a well-known mystery that guitar players suddenly get better once they are dead. Buddy Holly was the first. Stevie Ray Vaughan is known by a lot more people than had ever heard of him when he was alive.
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Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination.
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People lose their lives in the drug wars and you don't have to prove it to yourself because others have proved it for you.
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Inherited hatred (i.e. hatred your parents schooled you in) is not only stupid, it is destructive - why make your only driving force hate? Seems really f***ing dumb to me.
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People changing because they think they should is not a good idea, because I just don't think they should, really.
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It will be funny in about 10 years.
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I don't understand people who believe that if you ignore something, it'll go away. That's completely wrong - if it's ignored it gathers strength. Europe ignored Hitler for twenty years. As a result he slaughtered a quarter of the world!
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Born to lose. Live to win.
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It was just a mercy f**k, as it was our 30th anniversary. They gave Grammy to us for a cover of somebody else's song. It would have a lot more meaning if it had been for one of our songs.
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They The Beatles were the first band to not have a lead singer in the band.
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If you think you are too old to rock 'n roll, then you are.
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Sex, death and war. And justice. There's no shortage of lyrics there.
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We never nicked stuff from other bands because that was a no-no because we were all in the same boat. You don't steal from the poor because, let's face it, they're poor. There's no sense in that.
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A kid once said to me "Do you get hangovers?" I said, "To get hangovers you have to stop drinking.
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Safe sex, safe music, safe clothing, safe hair spray, safe ozone layer. Too late! Everything that's been achieved in the history of mankind has been achieved by not being safe.
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I have done interviews in the past, and they cut everything out except for the outrageous line, and then they take it out of context.
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We know what we are doing by now.We seem to make an album every 18 months or so and I think every band should do that. We're not writing "Sgt. Pepper" every time; we are writing straight ahead rock n' roll.
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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.
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Don't look to me. Don't ask for help. Don't ask for anything that you can do yourself.
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We never played China, India or Africa. We also haven't played Russia enough. I would love to play those places.
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I climbed down the outside of a Holiday Inn once just to surprise one of my crew by getting on his balcony and knocking on his window.
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We sent out tapes to the others but they didn't wake up. It was worth it just to have one kid wake up. I got to meet him after he woke up.