Lemmy quotes

Good manners don't cost nothing.

All my dreams came true. There's not many people that can say that. I mean, most people have to work in a job they hate all their lives, and I can't imagine that.

Rock n' roll's had a good time out of me - and I've had a very good time out of rock n' roll.

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

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.

Kids are generally rotten until the age of about six, when they become people.

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.

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.

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'm against any religion, and Communism and Nazism - they're both equally religions. They're just replacement gods.

In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal.

I don't know, I've always written songs that are mainly about attitude, not me personally.

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

I saw the Beatles play the Cavern in Liverpool when I was 16. They had attitude: Onstage, they were like a four-headed monster.

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.

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

You learn all the best stuff in life after you leave school.

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.

It just seems like we get more popular every eight years or so. For some reason, it becomes cool to like Motorhead again.

I dislike religion quite intensely. It's been the cause of all the grief in the world ever since they discovered the first stone to worship.

I'm not afraid of death. How can you be afraid of something that's inevitable?

I don't know if love exists, not the kind that keeps. I think love's an infatuation that turns into a habit, because you can't keep that passion going. You get used to people, and that's death for me - I like to be surprised.

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

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

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

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.