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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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When I left New York, after getting fired from Metallica, all I remember is that I wanted blood. Theirs.
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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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It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see.
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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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Don't talk it, walk it.
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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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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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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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What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar.
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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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We do what we want. We don't care what anyone else thinks.
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Playing with Ozzy was a dream come true.
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The Big 4 tour was really great.
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If everyone was the same, it would be boring as sh*t.
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One of my first records that I heard was 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.
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I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else.
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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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'Tallica Parking Lot' is, basically, roughly about a four-minute animated short which is centered around the parking lot of Metallica, and that can be anywhere in the world.
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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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We like to set off bombs.
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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.
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If you guys are going to be throwing beer bottles at us, at least make sure they're full.