LEMMY: 'I've Never Done A Day's Exercise In My Life'

Metro.co.uk recently conducted an interview with MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Metro.co.uk: You're known for your steady diet of Jack Daniel's and Marlboro cigarettes. What kind of shape are you in?

Lemmy: I know. It's amazing really. I've never done a day's exercise in my life. I get a good workout onstage, I suppose.

Metro.co.uk: Has a doctor looked at your liver lately?

Lemmy: Yeah, he said I had the liver of a newborn child.

Metro.co.uk: Are you in bed after shows now or do the band still like a good party?

Lemmy: You don't get a good party after the show usually because we're working. We're probably on the bus and on the way to the next show. If you drive at night, there's no traffic — you get there a lot quicker. For a couple of hours after the show, we hang out. We get less female visitors than we used to.

Metro.co.uk: You collect Nazi memorabilia. Why?

Lemmy: Because I like it. I don't like the ideas — I just collect the stuff.

Metro.co.uk: A lot of people might assume if someone collects Nazi memorabilia they're into far-right ideas.

Lemmy: My deeds have spoken enough for my beliefs. My girlfriend's black. I'm the worst Nazi you've ever seen.

Metro.co.uk: What kind of things are you writing about on the new album?

Lemmy: I don't have issues. When I was younger, we didn't have issues — we had problems. I still have problems. Everybody's drowning for want of a decent wage. There are problems there. Same old, same old.

Metro.co.uk: You're a famous, wealthy rock star — are you still bothered about that kind of stuff?

Lemmy: I'm famous; I'm not wealthy. I really don't care about politics. It takes up too much time. And there's always misery. Every politician is an asshole. Sorry about that but they are. Everybody from Hitler to Stalin and back — all of them. To want to be a politician, you've got to be an asshole.

Read the entire interview from Metro.co.uk.