Metallica Quotes
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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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I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race.
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Flamenco was probably the first music that I may have heard as a baby, because my father played flamenco.
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Hugh [Evans] called us. And obviously this has been on our radar for all the years it`s been going on. And each year obviously reaches more and more people, and it`s high profile. Hugh reached out to our manager just down the street. And we said we`re here [ on GLOBAL CITIZEN in the Central Park] to help and do whatever we can.
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My mom and dad got divorced when I was very young, and growing up in a family where the head of the household wasn't a man made a big difference.
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Playing live is basically just hyperactivity and a certain sense of enchantment that I deliver to the audience, to let them know what it would be like to be inside my head.
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I treat people the way I want to be treated, which makes me odd.
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Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.
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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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When I was younger, I was trying to create from attitude more than anything else.
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James Hetfield, I mean, the minute he plugs in his guitar and adjusts the tone knob, he comes up with the world's greatest riff.
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I was fortunate to not get wrapped up too hard in anything that was too dangerous.
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Besides, the bass isn't a difficult instrument to play. It's like one step up from the kazoo, isn't it?
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When people are confronted with something they've never seen before, they really don't know how to react.
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I feel that music is such an inspirational form of energy, as baseball is. And especially with Metallica, believe it or not, our shows are very physical. Sports is a very physical thing, too.
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A lot of the hardcore fans wanna hear the deep cuts - songs like 'Orion' or maybe like a 'Disposable Heroes' - you know, songs that we don't play all the time - and then, of course, they wanna hear 'Sandman' and 'Nothing Else Matters' and some of the hits.
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'Dying, dying, someone told me just recently, dying is easy. Living is hard. for everyone.'
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We absolutely cherish our kids. But the fact that we all have them - it's definitely created an additional bond. It's not just Metallica - it's our families. And we also have Metallica.
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Sabbath is always some of the best music ever. And the reason is because it grooves. It's funky. It's heavy. It's got lots of great changes, twists, and turns.
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Penelope Spheeris is a wonderful lady.
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I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.
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It's all about the experience and having a good time and connecting with the fans.
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No, I care more about what God knows than what man says.