Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.
— Lemmy
The Beatles are the classical music of rock n' roll. And rock n' roll is far more widespread than classical will ever be.
From the beginning of time, the bad guys always had the best uniforms. Napoleon, the Confederates, the Nazis.
There's no point thinking about dying, because it's going to happen anyway, isn't it? I don't waste my time worrying about that.
You can't plan your life. It doesn't work.
It's very much up to you, how you shape your life. I mean, I missed out on human relationships. But looking at relationships that I've seen along the way, I don't think I've missed much.
I make a very good steak.
The Beatles were from Liverpool. It's a hard town. The Stones weren't the hard men. They just dressed up. The Beatles were the hard men.
I find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead guitarist.
My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn't the driven sort.
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.
I wasn't any good at playing tennis.
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.
I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.
Women always left me because I wouldn't commit, but then nothing changes a relationship like commitment. If you move in with someone, you lose all respect for them.
I do quite like that Andrew Lloyd Webber song from 'Cats.' What's it called? 'Memory?' Sends shivers up your spine.
People don't know how to be outrageous anymore.
I've never met a girl who could stop me looking at all the others. If I did, I'd marry her.
The thing about death is it's so final, isn't it, really? As far as we know... Nobody has ever come back and told us about it.
I don't only collect Nazi stuff; I collect objects from all the Axis countries.
I don't know, I've always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.
Everyone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can't be safe. Life's not safe. Your work isn't safe. When you leave the house, it isn't safe. The air you breathe isn't going to be safe, not for very long. That's why you have to enjoy the moment.
Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We're just a disease on this planet.
I was in the Rockin' Vicars, which was the first British band to tour behind the Iron Curtain. A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
Everything I hear influences me. I can't tell you all my influences as a musician.
Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?
I went to go see the Rolling Stones in the park, and they were awful: completely out of tune. Jagger wore a frock.
I'm against any religion, and Communism and Nazism - they're both equally religions. They're just replacement gods.
I didn't really want to be in the lifestyle without the music. And I didn't want to be in the music without the lifestyle.
It's much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.
I've always been very wordy; I've got a great vocabulary.
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.
Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
I was never going to be a doctor or a lawyer, so being a musician seemed to be the best of what was on offer.
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.
I always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There's plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.
It just seems like we get more popular every eight years or so. For some reason, it becomes cool to like Motorhead again.
People don't become better when they're dead; you just talk about them as if they are.
Cold pizza is a perfect breakfast, with lots of salt.
I don't eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that's it.
I was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.
Got two kids; one's a record producer who lives just up the road from me - great guitarist and piano player, too.
I guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.
My hearing is usually O.K.
We was living in squats in Battersea when we started with Motorhead. And we lived with the Hell's Angels in this flat. They were always around.
Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
Falling in love is terrible. It makes you act foolish, like an idiot.
In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.
Gay people are made and not born.
