Metallica Quotes
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One of the things that I've noticed since I've been in the band is that, as players, Lars, James, and Kirk truly enjoy making music and performing.
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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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Horror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people weren't really interested in seeing horror movies, because they had the real horror right on their front doorsteps.
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Everytime we put a record out, we lose people that can't deal with the growth.
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What do I bring to the Democratic National Convention that other reporters don't? Hair.
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As long as there is communication, everything can be solved.
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The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones.
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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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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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I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine.
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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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For me, the most important thing that I tell young people is to have fun.
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My musical tastes change every week.
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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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When I left New York, after getting fired from Metallica, all I remember is that I wanted blood. Theirs.
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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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'I am the table!'
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Control your life through insanity.
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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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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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Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death.
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It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see.