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.

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

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.

While humans play God, dogs learn from their masters.

Every great soul had a great mentor.

Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble.

For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change.

To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing.

The companies aren't hiring, because consumers don't have enough money to buy the goods and services.

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich represent the big government frugal socialist wing of the party. And I represent the true constitutional conservative wing of our party.

I begin to suspect that England is the most melancholy country in the world.

They call it 'falling in love' because it's less like stepping and more like tripping. Tripping is the part where you're still trying to remain upright

Every nation, every human being that came across earth had a song and sang in some way to their God.