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#696 - 07/22/08 03:17 PM Rock 'n' Roll / The Music Business
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(Source: Lemmy in his own words by Harry Shaw. Omnibus press)

"I happen to think that the buzz that music gives you can be better than screwing. I mean, women get old and mangy but records don't. A good piece of music will always take you high, even if you haven't heard it in years." (1981)

"We're a Rock 'n' Roll band, man, you should come and see us, you go away knowing you've seen some Rock 'n' Roll" (1999)

"You couldn't do this if you didn't like it, it's not an easy life. The schedules are punishing, physically and mentally. You've got to believe, and I believe completely in Rock 'n' Roll. It still makes you feel like you can face going back to the factory for another week, which is more or less what it's for, it's fun, rebellion for its own sake. That's the idea of Rock 'n' Roll. Once you get respectable Rock 'n' Roll, it's not Rock 'n' Roll any more." (1998)

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#697 - 07/22/08 03:18 PM Re: Rock 'n' Roll / The Music Business [Re: Toast]
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(Source:Music-News.com - Jan 2008 - Thanks Moby)

Motorhead frontman Lemmy has hit out at record industry bosses for taking so long to adapt to the idea of selling music online.

The Ace Of Spades rocker insists the music business deserves its current sales slump because executives have had years to figure out how to best promote music on the internet.

He tells Metal Edge magazine: "It's killing itself, isn't it? I mean, they (record companies) are too dumb to realise. I mean, it was f**king years ago that this started, and they just carried on doing what they were doing, blind to any advice, blind to any sort of evidence.

"They just kept on overcharging and kept on f**king people over, and now the chickens are coming home, you know? I think they're all gonna be out of business in 10 years."


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#698 - 07/22/08 03:19 PM Re: Rock 'n' Roll / The Music Business [Re: Toast]
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(Source: Rockabilly.tv)

Lemmy talks about the catergorization of music, the Head Cat, Hawkwind, and relations with the Ramones.



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#699 - 07/22/08 03:20 PM Re: Rock 'n' Roll / The Music Business [Re: Toast]
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(Source: Classic Albums - Ace of spades) LEMMY

Bonus Interviews from the DVD discussing Lemmy the man.


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