(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)