Metallica Quotes
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I was pretty quiet as a child. I kind of hung out with my family and listened to music and sh*t. I wasn't too outgoing at all.
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Let's put it this way: I did not get in trouble every time I drank, but every time I got in trouble, I'd been drinking.
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I think it goes without saying that a lot of big horror fans are just nerds and geeks.
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I have the best job in the world. I'm able to express myself, and people attach themselves to it if they identify with it. Music certainly is a driving force in my life. There's not a moment where I'm not in it.
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Much of my playing is rhythmic and choppy; I use a lot of double stops. The wah just accents all those stops and chops and brings out the rhythmic aspect that much more.
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People always complain about something. If you face yourself and stand up strong, you're OK. You can't go wrong.
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The band? No way! There ain't no band. The band is not 'the band' right now. It's just three guys.
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Sometimes artists die young, and we don't know exactly why. I think that, in life, you have these special individuals, whether it's Jimi Hendrix or Janis Joplin or Kurt Cobain. They're on this journey - they're on this earth to change things, to make things incredible - and then they're not with us anymore.
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This isn't about fans, greed or money. It's about being morally right or wrong. Nobody is governing the way music gets from artists to fans. It's all running amok.
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With our fans, a lot of times, people get upset because maybe they didn't get what they wanted, whatever. But we always write the songs for us, number one.
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I've been friends with Jaco Pastorius's son since 1996 - Johnny Pastorius, the eldest son. And I remember when I first met him, I said, 'Some day, you've gotta make a film about your father,' because his influence is so broad.
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It's very important to us, family, and the balance of family within the band is probably the most important. Metallica is important, but when you have your wife and your kids, and you need to maintain that and keep the peace, it's important to work around the schedule of the kids' schools.
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I had a band called Infectious Grooves back in the Nineties. That music was really a mixture of styles, and we had some stuff that was punk rock, ska, but then we had a lot of funk in there.
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I was in a party band in the early '80s, and we played Sabbath and Ozzy songs as well as Rush and Van Halen... all that kinds of stuff.
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With my experience with Metallica, I've already surfed Portugal, Morocco, and all over Australia with Kirk.
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The only problem I've had with my Vox wah is its tendency to move around on the floor. So now it sits on a rubber mat that says in big letters, 'Kirk's Wah-Wah Rug.'
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What I have learned about Metallica is that it's all about taking chances and challenges.
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If you shake my hand, better count your fingers.
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Writing a Metallica song is a journey and a process, and it takes time, but that's what's special about it.
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I wanted to make noise, not study theory.
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I always say my role in Metallica is to support the song and to support my team, and whatever that means, I'm there for it.
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If I'm gonna commit suicide, I'll go out eatin' pussy to death.
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Send me money, send me green, and Heaven you will meet. Make your contribution and you'll get a better seat.
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No matter how beautiful a girl is, she still shits.