Metallica Quotes
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I'm always pulling and really feeding off of my inspirations. I think most musicians do.
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Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate.
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I went there anyway-knowingly, willingly-because I wanted a number one hit. I wanted what Metallica had, even if it meant selling a piece of my soul to the devil.
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That's what I find so special: when you actually imagine something. But really, when it comes to you in a dream, and then you can bring it to life on the screen, it's very powerful.
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Sleep my friend, and you will see that dream is my reality.
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As long as there is communication, everything can be solved.
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My musical tastes change every week.
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What do I bring to the Democratic National Convention that other reporters don't? Hair.
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Yesterday's answers has nothing to do with today's questions.
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Control your life through insanity.
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My vocals are bad, I can't sing, hey man, I wouldn't ask you to do a drum roll if your arm was falling off.
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One time we saw some hookers but when we got closer we realized it was Motley Crue.
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Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties.
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The word 'retirement' doesn't really sit well with me. There comes a time when you reach a position in society or culture where people will not let you retire. You can say, 'Alright, I'm going to hang up my guitar,' but people will still not let you retire.
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'I am the table!'
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Basically I just had to say, 'Screw everyone around me - from now on I'm just gonna play what I think is important to me and our music.' So I gave the big finger to all the current trends in technical wizardry, and just went off and did what I felt was best for the songs.
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Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death.
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Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.
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For me, the most important thing that I tell young people is to have fun.
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Guitar playing is both extremely easy for me and extremely difficult for me at the same time.
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There were a lot of different styles in the house - Motown, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, jazz - and my dad played flamenco guitar. Soon I realized that bass was what was really grooving me.
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I wouldn't say that we're proactively out there hunting down brands to try to fulfill some piece of a larger battle plan or something. If they have things they want to get to us, we're somewhat easily accessible through our managers and record companies.
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Back in the day, being a young, inspired bass player, I started to gravitate toward jazz fusion. I almost would have called myself an elitist. I got to the point where, for a little bit there, I was more interested in instrumental music.
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A couple years ago I was going to back off and actually thought about retiring, but it keeps calling me back, and I'm going to keep going back as long as it calls me. I really think it has something to do with the good vibes that I feel I've spread through my performance and through the time that I've spent with fans.
