If you think you are too old to rock 'n roll, then you are.
Interpretation
Age is a mindset; if you believe you're too old for something, then you've already accepted that limitation.
This quote by Lemmy Kilmister highlights the idea that age is largely a mental construct. It suggests that passion and enthusiasm for things like music and life in general should not be restricted by age, and if one believes they are too old to engage in such joy, they have already defeated themselves. It encourages a youthful spirit and challenges societal norms about age and activity.
In practice
To motivate the audience at a concert emphasizing that music knows no age.
The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes.
Tell your story with your whole heart.
When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It's not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It's up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside.
The great creators - the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors - stood alone against the men of their time. Every great new thought was opposed. Every great new invention was denounced. The first motor was considered foolish. The airplane was considered impossible... But the men of unborrowed vision went ahead. They fought, they suffered and they paid. But they won.
I have this dream again and again: I find extra rooms in the place where I live. You could say it's a very New York dream, but I think it's about writing - the feeling that there is something behind a wall or a door.
We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us
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