Cliff Burton

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You don't burn out from going too fast. You burn out from going too slow and getting bored.
- Cliff Burton
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To live is to die.
- Cliff Burton
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Just keep going like crazy and look back when it's over. Otherwise you just get confused.
- Cliff Burton
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Every once in awhile we may fall on our face, but we insist on doing what we wanna do.
- Cliff Burton
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Control your life through insanity.
- Cliff Burton
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Personally, I would say the 'master' of this whole thing is fate... Whoever is on the playing field is fair game, and it's up to them to avoid being used.
- Cliff Burton
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As a kid, I said, 'I want to write for movies.' When I finally had that opportunity it was like I was able to exhale. 'Wow, I'm finally doing this for real.'
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We do what we want. We don't care what anyone else thinks.
- Cliff Burton
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Those that start things have an advantage over those that follow.
- Cliff Burton
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If someone has it inside them to commit an act, then that act would be committed anyway. It's very easy for someone to place the blame on something other than the person who committed the act. It's people looking for scapegoats, you know?
- Cliff Burton
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Why should we change onstage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way.
- Cliff Burton
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The studio is just a labor. Getting on stage is the reward.
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Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home.
- Cliff Burton
Collection: Home
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When I started, I decided to devote my life to it and not get sidetracked by all the other bullshit life has to offer
- Cliff Burton
Collection: Bullshit
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Every once in a while we may fall on our face, but we insist on doing what we wanna do.
- Cliff Burton
Collection: Fall
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These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives.
- Cliff Burton
Collection: Men
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As a kid, I said, 'I want to write for movies.' When I finally had that opportunity it was like I was able to exhale. 'Wow, I'm finally doing this for real.
- Cliff Burton
Collection: Real