Metallica Quotes

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My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head.

It wasn't enough for Megadeth to do well; I wanted Metallica to fail.

Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home.

Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

We're better than Metallica. We're better musicians, better players. Put it this way, they can try to walk onstage after an Iron Maiden show if they want.

There is one Metallica. We have many styles, it's called Metallica.

Metallica is going to be one of those bands you look back on in the year 2008, that people will still listen to the way I still listen to Zeppelin and Sabbath albums.

People say that being kicked out of Metallica is what drove me to be better and faster in Megadeth, but i was faster and better than Metallica when i was in Metallica

I went down like a drunken cowgirl trying to line dance to Metallica.

Life is for my own to live my own way.

I tell you very honestly, 1 billion percent, I have never regretted leaving Metallica.

It's all fun and games until someone gets a boner.

There is something powerful in Metallica, a will, a drive.

Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate.

When I came into Metallica, I had to do justice to Cliff's work, but I also had to put my own signature on it. No one could be Cliff Burton; Cliff Burton was the Jimi Hendrix of bass.

Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.

If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.

Sure, Kill Bill is a violent movie. But it's a Tarantino movie. You don't go to see Metallica and ask the fuckers to turn the music down.

When I left New York, after getting fired from Metallica, all I remember is that I wanted blood. Theirs.

Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it - St. Anger being the fire and Death Magnetic being the phoenix.

I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.

One of my few shortcomings is that I can't predict the future.

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.

As much as Metallica rocked, they always had these song names... 'The Thing That Shouldn't Be'. 'The Chair That Wasn't There', you know?

I'm married to Metallica.

Metallica's the only band I've ever been in and it's the only band I ever wanna be in.

Nobody wants to hear Metallica at lunchtime.

We were nominated [for Grammy] once before for our album 1916. We were up against Metallica at the time and they had just sold a quarter of a zillion albums.

Usually when I'm mad, I'd rather listen to angry music than soothing music - more heavy metal, some Metallica or something.

Metallica is a wonderful key to have on my key ring. I can go anywhere - it's great.

Metallica is the world to me - it always has been, and that's not going to change. I'm married to Metallica.

If we were to hit the level that Metallica or somebody like that hit, we'd have had a hard time dealing with it. I think it would have been our doom. It's hard for anybody at that level.

As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica.

I don't think Metallica sits around all day wondering why country music fans don't embrace them.

We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

My kids listen to everything because I listen to everything, so it's not far-fetched to hear them playing Metallica and then playing A Tribe Called Quest or N.W.A.

I would say that I'm very proud that Metallica plays heavy music - but equally proud that we don't think like a heavy-metal band.

Lars [Ulrich] of Metallica is one of the worst drummers I've ever heard, but they hide it because they spend millions recording.

I'm not Metallica, you can tell that I'm really not that angry in most of my songs.

I work to loud music - hard-rock stuff like AC/DC, Guns 'n Roses, and Metallica have always been particular favorites - but for me the music is just another way of shutting the door.

Soundgarden and Metallica, The Ramones, Everclear... I think they all wanted to see if we still knew how to play.

As big as Metallica are, they're still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they're still not U2 or Lady Gaga. It's still underground.

I was into alternative stuff, but I was also open to a little bit of hard rock and metal, like Guns N' Roses, Metallica.

I was into Metallica when they first started, like when Kill Em All came out.

I didn't like the way I was let go from Metallica.

And the Earth Becomes my ThroneI adapt to the UnknownUnder Wandering Stars I've grownI ask no one.

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Then it's fun and games you can't see anymore.

Judge not lest ye be judged yourself.