James Hetfield
I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine.Collection: Women
We do this basically for ourselves. People appreciate it, which is cool, but I think they appreciate that we're doing it for ourselves. We're doing it our way, and how people like it is not up to us. We like it.Collection: Cool
If I hadn't had music in my life, it's quite possible I'd be dead and I'd much rather be alive.Collection: Music
It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see.
I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.
I choose to live, not just exist.
Dying, dying, someone told me just recently, dying is easy. Living is hard. for everyone.
Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want.
I'd like to have a beer-holder on my guitar like they have on boats.
I wanted to make noise, not study theory.
Just like the poles of a magnet, some people are drawn to death and others are repulsed by it, but we all have to deal with it.
There is one Metallica. We have many styles, it's called Metallica.
Rap is just to me very annoying.
Most of my guitars have been instruments that look cool. I'm not picky. I never think, 'Oh, this neck isn't made of ebony,' or, 'These strings don't feel correct.' It doesn't matter too much.
I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction.
I'm always feeling like I don't belong, no matter where I am. So I'm just searching for a family nonstop, and sometimes I find it in the mosh pit, sometimes I find it when I'm doing some French TV show with the president's wife.
Metallica is a wonderful key to have on my key ring. I can go anywhere - it's great.
Sleep my friend, and you will see that dream is my reality.
I'm married to Metallica.
My live sound does not work in the studio, which is a completely different animal. Every little thing is detrimental to the sound. And if someone moves a mic, you've lost it. It's pretty much a case of 'lock the door and set up a police line.'
There is something powerful in Metallica, a will, a drive.
I was pretty quiet as a child.
I'd much rather talk about guitar playing. I hate it when people ask me about my lyrics. I always feel like telling them to just go and read them.
I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.
Nothing's really a prized possession except my family, you know?
As far as artists and musicians, they don't retire. They might tour less.
I'm on this eternal quest to get the best guitar sound in the world, but my vision of what is 'the best' changes every time I go into the studio. Sometimes my goal is to make my guitar jump out, and sometimes I want it to lay back.
A lot of modern amps and preamps sound great when you're jamming by yourself, but don't hold up in a band situation. The sound isn't dense enough, and the lows and highs tend to get soaked up by the bass and cymbals.
One time we saw some hookers but when we got closer we realized it was Motley Crue.Collection: Saws
Every breath I take becomes deeper, and I become more confident of myself without my crutches. The lies I've filled my body and soul with aren't needed anymore. They're not welcome. I choose to live, not just exist.Collection: Lying
It's a good feeling, that you can put your heart out there, no matter how black it is, and people can understand it.Collection: Heart
Nothing can duplicate the sheer power and feeling you get from standing in front of your amp and bashing on your guitar.Collection: Funny
People always complain about something. If you face yourself and stand up strong, you're OK. You can't go wrong.Collection: Strong
My lifestyle determines my deathstyle.Collection: Death
Music was the voice I didn't have.Collection: Voice
If everyone was the same, it would be boring as sh*tCollection: Would Be
Live win, dare fail.Collection: Winning
Don't look back, because that's the sign of failure.Collection: Looks
Everybody is born good and everybody has got the same size soul. We're here to connect with that.Collection: Soul
All that is, was, and will be. Universe much too big to see. Time and space never ending, disturbing thoughts, questions pending. Limitations of human understanding. Too quick to criticize, obligation to survive, we hunger to be alive. All that is, ever, ever was, will be ever twisting, turning, Through The Never. In the dark, see past our eyes. Pursuit of truth, no matter where it lies. Gazing up to the breeze of the heavens, on a quest, meaning, reason. Come to be, how it begun. All alone in the family of the sun, curiosity teasing everyone. On our home, third stone from the sun.Collection: Lying
Music is the soundtrack to my life.Collection: Soundtracks
When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening.Collection: People
Life is for my own to live my own way.Collection: Way
I associate times with certain music. It still is that for me. It's telling the story of our lives.Collection: Stories
You want to hear vocals? Go sing it.Collection: Want
I was pretty quiet as a child. I kind of hung out with my family and listened to music and sh*t. I wasn't too outgoing at all.Collection: Children
Every band that I've known that has done side projects or things like that - I don't respect them anymore.Collection: Band
A lot of times, I'll have a goal, I'll start writing, and I'll end up in some far off place, which is good. It's nice to have a focus, but letting the lyrics write themselves where they need to go is important.Collection: Nice
I have the best job in the world. I'm able to express myself, and people attach themselves to it if they identify with it. Music certainly is a driving force in my life. There's not a moment where I'm not in it.Collection: Jobs
If you're into what you're playing, that's the most important thing.Collection: Funny