“In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.”

I went to go see the Rolling Stones in the park, and they were awful: completely out of tune. Jagger wore a frock.

Women always left me because I wouldn’t commit, but then nothing changes a relationship like commitment. If you move in with someone, you lose all respect for them.

I don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.

It’s much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.

We’ve made bad albums in the past, and people have bought them. I don’t know. I don’t care. I’m just grateful for it.

You can’t plan your life. It doesn’t work.

It’s when you get to 60 when everything starts to go pear-shaped. Everyone thinks that becoming an older guy is easy, but you never consider it fully. It comes as quite a shock.

Human nature is to blame for everything, innit? We’re just a disease on this planet.

It just seems like we get more popular every eight years or so. For some reason, it becomes cool to like Motorhead again.

It’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.

A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.

I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps.

Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.

I can never be anonymous – especially when I walk round looking like this; especially when I take so much trouble not to be anonymous, right?

Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.

People don’t become better when they’re dead; you just talk about them as if they are.

Which the ever-youthful productivity of nature sends forth from the invisible realm of Hades.

She thinks that before her arrival on the scene no woman ever did anything worthwhile before

Most of the actors have said “this is the best role they’ve ever had.” So you know, that’s important to me.

Firemen have the coolest toys ever!

Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.

For me, why would a Jew want to go anywhere in history ever? I’m only going to have to run.

Whether you end up convinced or not, you will never think about American national security the same way ever again.

If you’re a guy, you have absolutely no idea what’s going on at any time in the relationship, ever.