I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

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

The same sensations that you get in heavy metal are in horror movies. Heavy metal sounds evil and horror movies are evil, ha ha!

A life lived unexplored is a life not worth living.

Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood.

I think it's morally wrong to keep someone away from what keeps him happy.

Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.

If a guitar is too easy for me to play, it makes me too laid back. I like to battle with my guitar.

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

For me, one of the most perfect times to watch a horror movie is when it's cold and raining outside and there's pretty much no outdoor activity to be done. It kind of sets the mood.

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.

When you find complete acceptance in the Father, you will no longer stress about what others believe, think or say about you.

They follow the Hitler line - no matter how big the lie

From the early days of the telegraph, to be a telegrapher was a job, and there weren't many of those folks. They could recognize each other's style by their dots and dashes.

I have six-year-old fans that weren't even around for 'Genie in a Bottle' or even 'Fighter.'

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization.

If there is unemployment in America, it is because the unemployed do not want to work.

My mom has always been very open, very liberal. So I grew up with that, and I can appreciate everything that she did and went through and was exposed to.

Someone who knew me well once accused me of being unromantic. And that's probably true: I don't trust romance.

Women don't get the same opportunities that men get in racing, so they don't get to learn race craft.