It's definitely true that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my all-time favorite guitarists.

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.

You are the beautiful and elusive pinpoint of radiance that lit up the darkness and called me home.

If you are stupid enough to cheat, then definitely dumb enough to get caught.

A writer cannot really grasp what he has written. It is not like a building or a sculpture

He thought that the world would make more rapid progress without the burden of old people.

I would rather believe for something great and receive half of it, than to believe for nothing and receive all of it!

The crowd, having been promised nothing, felt cheated, having received nothing.

Suicide, is a persons privilege. I don't believe it's a sin or a crime it's your right if you do. Though it doesn't get you anywhere.

I try to consider people's perspectives and not just my own.

to everything there is an end - except fear.

Communicating a passionate response to world events is no longer limited to protests and rallies.