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" 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. "

" As far as artists and musicians, they don't retire. They might tour less. "

" Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want. "

" Dying, dying, someone told me just recently, dying is easy. Living is hard. for everyone. "

" I choose to live, not just exist. "

" I'd like to have a beer-holder on my guitar like they have on boats. "

" 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'd rather regret doing something than not doing something. "

" If I hadn't had music in my life, it's quite possible I'd be dead and I'd much rather be alive. "

" I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine. "

" 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. "

" I'm married to Metallica. "

" 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. "

" It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see. "

" I wanted to make noise, not study theory. "

" I was pretty quiet as a child. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" Nothing's really a prized possession except my family, you know? "

" Rap is just to me very annoying. "

" Sleep my friend, and you will see that dream is my reality. "

" There is one Metallica. We have many styles, it's called Metallica. "

" There is something powerful in Metallica, a will, a drive. "

" 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. "

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