James Hetfield Quotes
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There is one Metallica. We have many styles, it's called Metallica.
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Nothing can duplicate the sheer power and feeling you get from standing in front of your amp and bashing on your guitar.
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All that is, was, and will be. Universe much too big to see. Time and space never ending, disturbing thoughts, questions pending. Limitations of human understanding. Too quick to criticize, obligation to survive, we hunger to be alive. All that is, ever, ever was, will be ever twisting, turning, Through The Never. In the dark, see past our eyes. Pursuit of truth, no matter where it lies. Gazing up to the breeze of the heavens, on a quest, meaning, reason. Come to be, how it begun. All alone in the family of the sun, curiosity teasing everyone. On our home, third stone from the sun.
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It had to be something real bad. I think he stole music online.
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Rehab is like college for your head.
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My whole life was duality: Here's my life at home, here's my life on the road.
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There was so much good and different music back then and you'd just keep moving through it and discovering more new stuff. I went through my Black Sabbath phase before I even started playing guitar.
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Just like the poles of a magnet, some people are drawn to death and others are repulsed by it, but we all have to deal with it.
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Any time somebody is into your band that's a good thing. And if they're in a really cool, really popular band, that's a better thing.
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I'm not generally a big solo guy, because I'm not into showing off that way.
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Life is for my own to live my own way.
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I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.
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I associate times with certain music. It still is that for me. It's telling the story of our lives.
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'Dying, dying, someone told me just recently, dying is easy. Living is hard. for everyone.'
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Nothing's really a prized possession except my family, you know?
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As far as artists and musicians, they don't retire. They might tour less.
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The fans like the idea we do what we want. It's not an act. Screw the record company and the beaten path. Without MTV or radio, we still have a huge underground following.
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There is something powerful in Metallica, a will, a drive.
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I'd like to have a beer-holder on my guitar like they have on boats.
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I don't remember doing anything else; I don't remember not living in the studio. I'm itching for people to hear this album because I'm sick of hearing it myself.
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Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want.
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Trios aren't really geared for slide unless you're gonna play chords, or play that simple George Thorogood style. It gets pretty thin when you play single note lines.
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Every time I'd go out drinking I was looking for something new. But it was the same every time. I'd wake up in some bed with some person, I had a hangover and a show to do. And the truth is, it was the same every time. But now life is... pretty interesting without the alcohol.
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Music was the voice I didn't have.