LEMMY: 'You Can't Even Take A S**t Without Somebody Putting The Finger On You'

February 14, 2011

Darryl Sterdan of the QMI Agency recently conducted an interview with MOTÖRHEAD frontman and rock icon Lemmy Kilmister. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

QMI Agency: On the new song "Get Back in Line", you say, "These days most things suck." When were the good old days for you?

Lemmy: THE BEATLES era. But there's been a lot of good old days. Nowadays, it just seems too regimented — so many rules and restrictions. You can't even take a shit without somebody putting the finger on you. It's really weird that people have let themselves be put in this corral. America was built on revolution. What fucking happened to that spirit? It's gone.

QMI Agency: Some people complain your albums all sound the same.

Lemmy: Well, it's the same band, isn't it? It would sound sort of the same. We do the occasional left-field thing — we've put loads of ballads on our albums — but people don't notice them. It's weird.

QMI Agency: What do you think about while you're singing "Ace Of Spades" for the billionth time?

Lemmy: All kinds of things. You wouldn't believe the rubbish that goes through your head — "Did I turn the gas off?" and shit like that.

QMI Agency: You must have had chances to cash in on being Lemmy. Have you never been tempted?

Lemmy: No. I'm not stupid. I value my integrity. There's some lines you just can't cross. Several people have said I should do a reality show. What the f--- are you going to do with that? I live alone. Are you gonna film me playing video games for an hour? Arresting television, that.

Read the entire interview from QMI Agency.

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