Lars Ulrich Quotes
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Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
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What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers.
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I think you have to sort of accept that nobody really knows where it`s going so there has to be a lot of impulsive kind of attitudes. So it`s like a train that`s moving and you don`t quite know where it`s going but you try to steer it in the best way you can realizing that it may go in different places that you had no idea.
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One of my few shortcomings is that I can't predict the future.
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Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.
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As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica.
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Stretching your parameters is a necessity if you wan to keep growing, and sometimes the best way to do that is to dive into the deep end.
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If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.
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The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones.
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Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death.
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Everytime we put a record out, we lose people that can't deal with the growth.
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Don't talk it, walk it.
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I wouldn't say that we're proactively out there hunting down brands to try to fulfill some piece of a larger battle plan or something. If they have things they want to get to us, we're somewhat easily accessible through our managers and record companies.
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If there are people that are dumb enough to use Metallica to interrogate prisoners, you're forgetting about all the music that's to the left of us. I can name, you know, 30 Norwegian death metal bands that would make Metallica sound like Simon & Garfunkel.
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If you'd stop being a Metallica fan because I won't give you my music for free, then fuck you. I don't want you to be a Metallica fan.
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The music business, or what`s left of it, is obviously a very - it`s like a wild west now.
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As the world gets smaller and communication spreads further and further out there, you try to find the right balance.
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The day Metallica's over, i'm not going to put an ad looking for another band. I'll put my drumsticks on the shelf and there's 14 other things I wanna try. Metallica's the only band I've ever been and it's the only I ever wanna be in.
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I don't like to be pigeonholed, and I really like that people never really know what's going on with Metllica.
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The worst day of my life was once that my mom didn't allow me to go to a Queen concert because I was grounded.
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Metallica lives in a little bubble. We just do our own thing. We're not part of any trends or waves or fads. We can just do our own thing, all the time. It's a great luxury. I don't think we were really appreciative of it until recently, and really understood that it is what keeps us alive. It's great to be able to have the freedom to run around and do all this crazy stuff, and at all cost, avoid making another record, just to piss our managers off.
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Whenever I buy a painting, someone invariably says, "Oh, what a great investment." And I hate that reaction. To me, it's a matter of love and not an exchange of equity.
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I guess that seeing yourself on a screen is something that you get used to. Let's face it, these days, there's really nothing that you do that doesn't get filmed.
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I really like LIMP BIZKIT. I mean, I've said it for years - I don't know if anyone actually hears it - but I think LIMP BIZKIT are an awesome band. In terms of the rap-rock bands, or ANY bands out there, I think they really are truly among the best.