Lemmy Kilmister quotes

Lemmy Kilmister, legendary frontman of Motörhead, was a pioneer in the heavy metal music scene. Known for his gravelly voice and iconic bass playing, Lemmy was a true rock and roll icon. His influence can still be felt in the music world today. With a career spanning over five decades, Lemmy's legacy lives on through his music and his larger-than-life persona. Discover more about Lemmy Kilmister and his impact on rock music history.

You just have to keep going and everything will sort itself out.

- Lemmy Kilmister

The Beatles were hard men too. Brian Epstein cleaned them up for mass consumption, but they were anything but sissies. They were from Liverpool, which is like Hamburg or Norfolk, Virginia--a hard, sea-farin' town, all these dockers and sailors around all the time who would beat the piss out of you if you so much as winked at them. Ringo's from the Dingle, which is like the f***ing Bronx. The Rolling Stones were the mummy's boys--they were all college students from the outskirts of London. They went to starve in London, but it was by choice, to give themselves some sort of aura of disrespectability. I did like the Stones, but they were never anywhere near the Beatles--not for humour, not for originality, not for songs, not for presentation. All they had was Mick Jagger dancing about. Fair enough, the Stones made great records, but they were always s**t on stage, whereas the Beatles were the gear.

- Lemmy Kilmister

People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.

- Lemmy Kilmister

I made more money out of writing those four songs for Ozzy than I made out of fifteen years of Motörhead – ludicrous, isn’t it!

- Lemmy Kilmister

You can't have everything, where would you put it?

- Lemmy Kilmister

The only interesting thing about religion is how many people it's slaughtered. Communism and Nazism are religions as well, make no mistake about it.

- Lemmy Kilmister

That was a great time, the summer of '71 - I can't remember it, but I'll never forget it!

- Lemmy Kilmister

People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it?

- Lemmy Kilmister

My ethic is: ‘Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.’ You can be as careful as you want, but you’re going to die anyway, so why not have fun?

- Lemmy Kilmister

It seems that our brave new world is becoming less tolerant, spiritual and educated than it ever was when I was young.

- Lemmy Kilmister

Integrity is everything to me. I will not die ashamed. I will live on my deathbed knowing that I gave it my best shot, and everything else is meaningless to me.

- Lemmy Kilmister

In my life so far, I have discovered that there are really only two kinds of people: those who are for you, and those who are against you. Learn to recognize them, for they are often and easily mistaken for each other.

- Lemmy Kilmister

If you're going to be a fucking rock star go be one. People don't want to see the guy next door on stage; they want to see a being from another planet. You want to see somebody you'd never meet in ordinary life.

- Lemmy Kilmister

If you didn't do anything that wasn't good for you it would be a very dull life. What are you gonna do? Everything that is pleasant in life is dangerous. Have you noticed that? I'd like to find the bastard that thought that one up.

- Lemmy Kilmister

I like girls. That’s the only reason I’m in the music business – I discovered you could get women to take their clothes off if you had a guitar. And they come off a lot faster if you can play it.

- Lemmy Kilmister

I don't see why there should be a point where everyone decides you're too old. I'm not too old, and until I decide I'm too old I'll never be too fucking old.

- Lemmy Kilmister

I don't do regrets. Regrets are pointless. It's too late for regrets. You've already done it, haven't you? You've lived your life. No point wishing you could change it.

- Lemmy Kilmister

Home is in here [tapping temple]. Where you live is just a geographical preference.

- Lemmy Kilmister

Death is an inevitability, isn't it? You become more aware of that when you get to my age. I don't worry about it. I'm ready for it. When I go, I want to go doing what I do best. If I died tomorrow, I couldn't complain. It's been good.

- Lemmy Kilmister

Born to lose. Live to win.

- Lemmy Kilmister

As you go through life's rich tapestry, you realize that most people you meet aren't fit to shine your shoes. It's a sad fact, but it's true. A good friend is someone who'd hide you if you were on the run for murder. How many of them do you know?

- Lemmy Kilmister

Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bullshit, then maybe just once, one of them will say, 'Oh! Wait a minute - I was wrong.' I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you.

- Lemmy Kilmister