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" Horror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people weren't really interested in seeing horror movies, because they had the real horror right on their front doorsteps. "

Kirk Hammett

War

Home

Horror

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" 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. "

Kirk Hammett

Kind

Horror

" When I got my first Marshall amp, it was so empowering. No one ever forgets their first Marshall amp if you're a guitar player pursuing a big powerful sound. I mean, no one ever forgets their first Marshall amp. "

" Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo. "

" I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs! "

Kirk Hammett

Way

You

" I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive. "

" I went through a whole blues period in the Nineties, and that had some influence on 'Load' and 'ReLoad.' "

" We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances. "

" After months of playing air guitar to 'Free Bird', what really got me into guitar was watching a documentary about Jimi Hendrix and picking up the Woodstock soundtrack. Listening to his version of 'Star Spangled Banner' and 'Purple Haze.' My brother played acoustic guitar and, idolising him, I thought, 'I'm going to get a guitar.' "

Kirk Hammett

Brother

Thought

" If I had unlimited funds, wall space and storage, I would collect a lot more things, like 'Planet of the Apes,' 'Star Wars,' science fiction stuff, autographs, and prop guns and weapons. I have to draw the line somewhere. "

" If a guitar is too easy for me to play, it makes me too laid back. I like to battle with my guitar. "

Kirk Hammett

Play

Guitar

" A good horror movie should have peaks and valleys, a good horror movie should move you emotionally; a good horror movie should be exciting to watch and energizing in a weird kind of way. "

" Getting sequestered and not really knowing what to do with your time and then discovering, 'Oh, I can watch a bunch of horror movies' has probably played out in a lot of people's discovery of horror. "

" A life lived unexplored is a life not worth living. "

" I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep! "

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Since

Heroes

" The word 'retirement' doesn't really sit well with me. There comes a time when you reach a position in society or culture where people will not let you retire. You can say, 'Alright, I'm going to hang up my guitar,' but people will still not let you retire. "

Kirk Hammett

Time

Culture

" On 'Metallica,' I recorded six or seven different guitar solos for almost every song, took the best aspects of each solo, mapped out a master solo and made a composite. Then I learned how to play the composite solo, tightened it up and replayed it for the final version. "

" I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a completely different direction. I wasn't interested in showing off any more. "

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

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