James Hetfield Quotes
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Every breath I take becomes deeper, and I become more confident of myself without my crutches. The lies I've filled my body and soul with aren't needed anymore. They're not welcome. I choose to live, not just exist.
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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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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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Rehab is like college for your head.
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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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It had to be something real bad. I think he stole music online.
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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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Music was the voice I didn't have.
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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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I'm not generally a big solo guy, because I'm not into showing off that way.
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I'd like to have a beer-holder on my guitar like they have on boats.
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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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You want to hear vocals? Go sing it.
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Life is for my own to live my own way.
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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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'Dying, dying, someone told me just recently, dying is easy. Living is hard. for everyone.'
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I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.
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Nothing's really a prized possession except my family, you know?
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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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There is something powerful in Metallica, a will, a drive.
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As far as artists and musicians, they don't retire. They might tour less.
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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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Most of my guitars have been instruments that look cool. I'm not picky. I never think, 'Oh, this neck isn't made of ebony,' or, 'These strings don't feel correct.' It doesn't matter too much.