Stay Thirsty has issued an interview with MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister. The following is an excerpt from the interview, conducted by Sarah L. Myers:

Q: I watched this video of you from about 25 years ago, answering the question 'what does heavy metal mean to you?' And you said it meant never having your actual music reviewed, just how loud you played it and what you look like. Do you think you've finally gained the respect that you didn't have before?

A: "No. We've gained acceptance, but not respect. Because the Grammy we got in 2005 was for a cover of somebody's else's song. They'd never heard a Motörhead song obviously, you know. They never thought it was worthwhile, which I think the lot of them are, you know. We've done three consistently really good albums, the last three. So that really pissed me off, you know. I'm standing there with a Grammy, what did I get this for? For a bad cover of 'Whiplash'? And all the shit we've done over the years, you know, and not a single thing for that. So fuck 'em.

Q: Do you have any thoughts of why that is?

A: "Yeah, you know, we're unclean as far as they're concerned. We're the fucking... we're the unmentionables aren't we? We're the real rock n' roll. Then you get poncers like Bruce Springsteen, you know, gets all the awards innit? And he's not really, I don't hear him as rock n' roll. He's been lucky he's had a couple of good songs, that's all. You know most of his albums are filler. You know, I don't think he's good at all. But that's the sort of person that they launch on to. 'Let's give all nine awards to this guy!' That's just fucking stupid, that's just obvious nepotism."

Read the full interview at this location.