(Source: Lemmy in his own words by Harry Shaw. Omnibus press)

"My girlfriend died of heroin in 1973. I wasn't very keen on trying it anyway, because I'd seen people turn into grovelling dogs on it. I wasn't gonna do anything that made you that desperate, especially considering how much it costs, and I was right. The thing with junkies is, they have to want to stop and you can't make them if they don't. Needles are evil. That's an addiction in itself." (1999)

"Too many people fall for fucking heroin. I can't believe it, you know? It's like there's not enough dead bodies yet to persuade you that it may not be such agood idea after all. How many people do we have to have dead before they're 20?" (1996)

"The only thing I ever saw anyone die on was heroin or downers. i never saw anyone die of speed, coke or marijuana. So if you wanna die kids, take heroin. If you don't then take something else. But I truly believe that if you can do without then you're better off. I hate to give advice because I'm 53, I'm their parents age so they think, What's that old cunt know? But I do know, believe me. I fucking know." (1999)

(Source: Lemmy the autobiography-White line fever)

"Around 1980, I decided to have my blood changed - you know, the same process Keith Richards is rumoured to have gone through. It is a good idea, logically, because instantly you get untainted, fresh blood and your body doesn't have to go through all the stress of detoxing. So my manager and I went to the doctor, who took some blood tests and came back with the bad news.

'I've got to tell you this,' he said. 'Pure blood will kill you.'
'What?'
'You don't have human blood anymore. You can't give blood either. Forget it, you'd kill the average person because you're so toxic.'

In other words, what's normal for me is deadly to another human - and what's normal for other humans is deadly to me, which is okay with me. I suppose that means I've made medical history of some sort."

(Source: Classic Albums-Ace of Spades)

Sex, drugs & Rock 'n' Roll ( dvd bonus interviews)

(Source: Classic Rock Oct '08)

Topper Headon of The Clash talking about living with Lemmy

(Source: Classic Rock '04)

Lemmy:

I don't even get drunk anymore. A kid once said to me, "Do you get hangovers?" I said, "To get hangovers you have to stop drinking."

Journalists are the worst drinkers in the world. Or were. Rock journalists are a really boring crowd now. Sit around drinking bottles of fucking Evian.

There's a fine line between a heavy drinker and an alcoholic. Just like there's a fine line between just fishing and standing on the bank looking like an arsehole. The line is whether the fuck you know what you're doing when you drink- 'cos if you don't know what you're doing, you just become a terrible boring drunk. Whereas if you know when to stop you become come an amazing, anecdotal man of the world. Which is better than being the guy having a shit in the bath tub.

(Source:Norwegian TV interview)

Lemmy talking about drugs

(Source:Ram.org-Thanks Motörheadbanger9)

Explaining how he could do speed for 30 years and not go crazy, he said "it takes concentration and willingness to experiment. Each to his own, you know? What's normal for me isn't normal for everyone. You need to find your drug of choice and stick with that."

With regards to the war on drugs, Lemmy thinks the government should give up because "the war has been lost. There are more drugs now than before the war started." He believes that "you have to regulate drugs. You can't just let people do what they want. You have to make sure the drug is pure and make sure they don't cause other problems. It makes sense to regulate."
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The full interview can be found here in which Lemmy also talks about music, Gun control, his favourite books and politics.

(Source: Ringers, Lord of the fans-Thanks Motorheadbanger9)

An amusing drugs tale