Metallica Quotes
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There is a lot of energy between Lars and James, and sometimes that energy can erupt. I know that before I was in the band, Kirk was the guy who was often in the middle, and it was important at that time. And now I feel like sometimes I'm the guy that's in the middle between not just James and Lars, but even Kirk.
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Mike Clark, who's a really amazing surfer, got me back into surfing. I surfed a lot from '82 to '86, and then I kind of started slacking.
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My father had a friend who actually had a hollow-body bass guitar and didn't work through an amp, but because it was hollow body, I could play it. So I kind of played on that for about a year, learning scales and all that. And here I am.
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Metallica's the only band i've ever been in. I'm not sure that when it ends in five, ten years, I'm going to put an ad in the paper saying, 'stupid drummer looking for stupid people to play music with,' Metallica is it and I think when that ceases, that's it.
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Metallica's the only band I've ever been in and it's the only band I ever wanna be in.
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We got a new song called 'Ashes in Your Mouth,' and it is NOT about a joint falling apart.
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I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.
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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 just wanted to experiment with the bass, and my main influence from Jaco Pastorius inspired me to write music in a certain way.
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So Far,So Good........................So What?
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No, I care more about what God knows than what man says.
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I didn't write 'Enter Sandman.'
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Sharing's only fun when it's not your stuff.
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You've gotta be careful because art is really important to most people, and you wanna respect that as much as possible. So I live by that rule.
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There's a lot of personality in Lars's drumming. That's what makes it unique.
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You want your fanbase and new fans too, to embrace the music, the new music.
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'Justice' is the biggest challenge 'cause it's also complex in the arrangements.
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We like to challenge ourselves, and having new material and presenting it to the world is fun and exciting and fresh.
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Pop and metal aren't friends. Each knows exactly where the other lives and tries to keep its distance. They choose different streets, neighborhoods, zip codes.
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Brother will kill brother, Spilling blood across the land...
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As far as artists and musicians, they don't retire. They might tour less.
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It's good to listen to lots of different stuff, just whatever you like. The first two records I ever bought were Alice Cooper, Killer and Jethro Tull, Aqualung. That's two weird records to begin with, but I think they hold up well.
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Lars Ulrich is not a jazz drummer, but he grew up listening to jazz. Why? Because his father, Torben - an incredible tennis player - loved jazz. Jazz musicians used to stay at their house.
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I was pretty quiet as a child.