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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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Flamenco was probably the first music that I may have heard as a baby, because my father played flamenco.
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I went through a whole blues period in the Nineties, and that had some influence on 'Load' and 'ReLoad.'
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The great thing about Santa Monica civic auditorium was it was a place you could ride your bike to. In this case, my dad dropped me and my friends off, and we'd go see Ronnie James Dio or Jean-Luc Ponty or Weather Report or the Pretenders.
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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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When people are confronted with something they've never seen before, they really don't know how to react.
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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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When I was younger, I was trying to create from attitude more than anything else.
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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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Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.
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No one but me can save myself though its too late, death greets me warm, now i will just say goodbye.
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'Dying, dying, someone told me just recently, dying is easy. Living is hard. for everyone.'
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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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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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Penelope Spheeris is a wonderful lady.
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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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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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It's all about the experience and having a good time and connecting with the fans.
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I was fortunate to not get wrapped up too hard in anything that was too dangerous.
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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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One thing I've noticed over the years is that young players - I mean 10- and 12-year-olds - really like my guitar style. There's something in my guitar style that they totally can latch onto and learn quickly, and then go from there to your Yngwie Malmsteens or your Steve Vais or whatever.
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No, I care more about what God knows than what man says.
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I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.