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I could do Rust In Peace again, but I don't want to. I could have followed that formula but, God, why? I would have to have done so much heroin and cocaine - and I wasn't going to. Not if I'm paying for it!
Dave Mustaine Metallica -
Because of things like iTunes and streaming and social networking, it's destroyed music. It's destroyed the motivation to go out there and really make the best record possible. It's a shame.
Kirk Hammett Metallica
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Everytime we put a record out, we lose people that can't deal with the growth.
Lars Ulrich Metallica -
Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death.
Lars Ulrich Metallica -
I'm always pulling and really feeding off of my inspirations. I think most musicians do.
Robert Trujillo Metallica -
The word 'retirement' doesn't really sit well with me. There comes a time when you reach a position in society or culture where people will not let you retire. You can say, 'Alright, I'm going to hang up my guitar,' but people will still not let you retire.
Kirk Hammett Metallica -
There were a lot of different styles in the house - Motown, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, jazz - and my dad played flamenco guitar. Soon I realized that bass was what was really grooving me.
Robert Trujillo Metallica -
We do what we want. We don't care what anyone else thinks.
Cliff Burton Metallica
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Control your life through insanity.
Cliff Burton Metallica -
I wouldn't vote for Obama.
Dave Mustaine Metallica -
Don't talk it, walk it.
Lars Ulrich Metallica -
These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives.
Cliff Burton Metallica -
It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see.
James Hetfield Metallica -
I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else.
Jason Newsted Metallica
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All the drinking and all the other junk that I was stuck in... It was so predictable. So boring. I wake up the next day - somewhere, in some bed, I don't know who this person is next to me... and I'm drunk, competely hung over and have a show to do. The result is the same... When life now is pretty... exciting. You don't know what's gonna happen.
James Hetfield Metallica -
Metallica is the world to me - it always has been, and that's not going to change. I'm married to Metallica.
James Hetfield Metallica -
Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood.
Kirk Hammett Metallica -
Bill Ward, when you hear his beats, he's not just playing a straight 4/4 beat; he's doing almost a hip-hop beat. There's a song called 'Sweet Leaf.' The drum beat that he's playing, he's trying to kind of swing and funkify it. Now, is he doing a great job of it? Maybe not. Maybe.
Robert Trujillo Metallica -
I've learned that there's a signature Metallica sound, and if we stray too far from that, our fans get impatient, or they just don't understand, or they miss the point. And I'm not saying that's a good thing or a bad thing; it's just something we have to contend with.
Kirk Hammett Metallica -
With our producer, Greg Fidelman, it was really a joy to work with him and to try different things and experiment.
Robert Trujillo Metallica
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Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate.
Kirk Hammett Metallica -
I love horror movies in space. I love it when the genre switches over and what was sci-fi becomes horror.
Kirk Hammett Metallica -
'I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction.'
James Hetfield Metallica -
Sleep my friend, and you will see that dream is my reality.
James Hetfield Metallica