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For 'Death Magnetic,' I used what I always use, which is my standard touring rack, which is filled with some Boogie stuff and a Marshall that I've had forever.
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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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The concept of clearing one's mind before performing a task so that it is consumed by nothing but that task, yet is open at the same time to anything that might happen - that concept can be applied to playing guitar, and it's enormously helpful for improvising.
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Metallica is the world to me - it always has been, and that's not going to change. I'm married to Metallica.
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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.
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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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I've been a baseball fan in the early part of my life, so through the '70s and the '80s, I was a huge fan. I actually followed the Dodgers back then, back in the Kirk Gibson years, Steve Garvey.
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We do what we want. We don't care what anyone else thinks.
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If everyone was the same, it would be boring as sh*t.
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Don't talk it, walk it.
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What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar.
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I think every Metallica album is unique in its own way.
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A lot of the main characters in horror movies are outsiders as well, so that outsider syndrome reverberates within horror fans and geeky collectors. It's kind of a rallying call that brings fans and collectors together who are a little socially retarded, maybe.
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Every once in a while we may fall on our face, but we insist on doing what we wanna do.
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I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else.
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Because of things like iTunes and streaming and social networking, it's destroyed music. It's destroyed the motivation to go out there and really make the best record possible. It's a shame.
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I care about what the fans feel.
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One of my first records that I heard was 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.
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Dude, if you want to be a great musician, you have to try heroin. You'll see. It's like being back in the womb.
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'When a man lies, he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives.', (Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676). 'All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the Kingdom of Salvation take me home?', (Burton).
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The Big 4 tour was really great.
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Playing with Ozzy was a dream come true.
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Being able to surf in Tahiti and places like Brazil was unreal.
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With our producer, Greg Fidelman, it was really a joy to work with him and to try different things and experiment.