It all has to do with art - writing, painting, things I’ve done for a long time but just never had enough time to pursue. I have poetry - things that….

To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places where you should probably look first bef….

I ended up gettin a little Gibson amp and a bass, because of Gene Simmons of Kiss. Myself and three other kids would pretend to be Kiss - I liked Gen….

I'm busier than a busy person. People aren't scared to play this raucous, harsh music over radio speakers, so I think it's the perfect time to get in….

Metallica is going to be one of those bands you look back on in the year 2008, that people will still listen to the way I still listen to Zeppelin an….

When I came into Metallica, I had to do justice to Cliff's work, but I also had to put my own signature on it. No one could be Cliff Burton; Cliff Bu….

I tell you very honestly, 1 billion percent, I have never regretted leaving Metallica..

The past is where its supposed to be..

I don't play video games..

I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else..

You can't just put any four people together and it goes 'yaaaaah', y'know?.

I still play music for the same reasons as when I first started; for the energy, the feeling, the interaction with others. Not for the money, ego or ….

I thought I'd do something nice for the band... I'll hang myself..

I don't want to grow up,' Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as long as I want to. I play loud music and scream for….

All I want you to do is rock. That'll be forever, man..

I think that the inventors can do anything they want, and nobody can say anything otherwise..