As far as artists and musicians, they don't retire. They might tour less.

One time we saw some hookers but when we got closer we realized it was Motley Crue.

I choose to live, not just exist.

Nothing can duplicate the sheer power and feeling you get from standing in front of your amp and bashing on your guitar.

People always complain about something. If you face yourself and stand up strong, you're OK. You can't go wrong.

I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.

My lifestyle determines my deathstyle.

Live win, dare fail.

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

It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see.

It's a good feeling, that you can put your heart out there, no matter how black it is, and people can understand it.

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

The presidency is temporary-but the family is permanent.

Funniest thing happened though, you wouldn't believe it, ha, the mannequins came to life. I went insane.

I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.

These, too, seem to me so ambiguous, so vague, so easily misunderstood in comparison to genuine music, which fills the soul with a thousand things better than words.

I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college.

When one 'we' gets to determine standards for all 'we's' then some 'we's' are in trouble.

You're never too old. Unfortunately, you're always too young to know it.

[Yasuhiro] Yamashita is a respected judo master not only in Japan but across the world. To me, he is an example of an outstanding athlete and a very good man.

'Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there?' 'A fool tangled in a religious snare.'