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'Dying, dying, someone told me just recently, dying is easy. Living is hard. for everyone.'
James Hetfield Metallica -
Cliff was a very smart guy, a reader, very eloquent. I just don't understand why he went, and not one of us.
Kirk Hammett Metallica
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I always say, 'Hey, I'm in Metallica, but I wasn't on the Black Album.'
Robert Trujillo Metallica -
I'm a person that takes on situations from passion. I get passionate about things, and I try to help.
Robert Trujillo Metallica -
Playing live is basically just hyperactivity and a certain sense of enchantment that I deliver to the audience, to let them know what it would be like to be inside my head.
Dave Mustaine Metallica -
I call it a process of elimination. You're nurturing ideas, and that takes time. What happens is there's so many, what I say, 'great ideas.' What you have to do is try to consolidate them and put them into one song, and then your song becomes eight minutes long.
Robert Trujillo Metallica -
When mankind goes back to treating people the way you want to be treated, things will settle, I don't see that happening. I treat people the way I want to be treated, which makes me odd.
Dave Mustaine Metallica -
I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.
James Hetfield Metallica
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Any time somebody is into your band that's a good thing. And if they're in a really cool, really popular band, that's a better thing.
James Hetfield Metallica -
Don't make music to make money, because that's not why you should be doing it. Have fun, be creative, and embrace the past.
Robert Trujillo Metallica -
A lot of the hardcore fans wanna hear the deep cuts - songs like 'Orion' or maybe like a 'Disposable Heroes' - you know, songs that we don't play all the time - and then, of course, they wanna hear 'Sandman' and 'Nothing Else Matters' and some of the hits.
Robert Trujillo Metallica -
It's all about the experience and having a good time and connecting with the fans.
Robert Trujillo Metallica -
We all grew up with Black Sabbath. I mean, there's no secret there. Any of us, any of the members of any band I've ever been in, or anyone I've ever worked with.
Robert Trujillo Metallica -
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.
Dave Mustaine Metallica
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When people in Washington say they're going to take away my guns, they better bring theirs if they're going to take mine.
Dave Mustaine Metallica -
My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head.
Kirk Hammett Metallica -
Playing acoustic guitar is like having sex with your clothes on. I mean you know how to do it, but it’s more difficult.
Dave Mustaine Metallica -
'Justice' is the biggest challenge 'cause it's also complex in the arrangements.
Robert Trujillo Metallica -
The fans like the idea we do what we want. It's not an act. Screw the record company and the beaten path. Without MTV or radio, we still have a huge underground following.
James Hetfield Metallica -
With Metallica, it's hard. I tend to like it all, but the older stuff, when we get into the deeper cuts, it really excites me personally.
Robert Trujillo Metallica
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Nothing's really a prized possession except my family, you know?
James Hetfield Metallica -
Just like the poles of a magnet, some people are drawn to death and others are repulsed by it, but we all have to deal with it.
James Hetfield Metallica -
Besides, the bass isn't a difficult instrument to play. It's like one step up from the kazoo, isn't it?
Dave Mustaine Metallica -
Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.
Dave Mustaine Metallica