If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.

The worst day of my life was once that my mom didn't allow me to go to a Queen concert because I was grounded.

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

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

Stretching your parameters is a necessity if you wan to keep growing, and sometimes the best way to do that is to dive into the deep end.

This isn't about fans, greed or money. It's about being morally right or wrong. Nobody is governing the way music gets from artists to fans. It's all running amok.

The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones.

Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death.

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

Sharing's only fun when it's not your stuff.

I don't like to be pigeonholed, and I really like that people never really know what's going on with Metllica.

A true Seeker of Love Should find a good Keeper'' The man Seeks and woman Keeps

Prohibition is the trigger of crime.

Leave it to you to find a legal way to do something illegal

I would say the dumbest thing I have heard is that my dad isn't my real dad.

If it does not glorify Christ, let it not console or please you.

I'm an environmentalist. Most of my jokes are recycled.

How long shall we Spiritualists be turned over like so many scapegoats to the unbelievers, by cheating mediums and speculating prophets?

One of the things that I wanted was to be known as one of the finest MCs and I think the people gave me the respect I was looking for.

For beyond the difficulty of communicating oneself, there is the supreme difficulty of being oneself.

Purely the idea of writing a lot of books doesn't make you a great writer, but it might be that the process of doing a lot of writing will make you a much better writer.