Death is an inevitability, isn't it? You become more aware of that when you get to my age. I don't worry it. I'm ready for it. When I go, I want to go doing what I do best. If I died tomorrow, I couldn't complain. It's been good.

We are Motörhead and we play Rock 'n' Roll.

It really bothers me when I hear myself being called the one who started all this thrash shit. I think they're trying to make it a compliment, but considering some of the music I'm hearing, I don't know if it is. Motorhead never set out to start a trend - we were there to go against all the trends. The fact that we might have started something like that makes me feel a little scared.

The English have brought their government down without any guns several times. All it takes is a sex scandal. You just need a dick and a woman.

I figure forty-five is a good age to go. Quick heart attack, something like that...or a nice, clean decapitation in a car crash.

All I wanted to do was grow up and chase girls. I knew it was coming, but I wasn't old enough. I was just waiting for rock 'n' roll to be invented.