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" When you're first starting out, there's always the temptation to hide behind distortion because it lets you get away with murder. But, when it comes to rhythm work, you've gotta back off that gain control a bit, especially if you're playing with another guitarist. "

Kirk Hammett

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" I love horror movies in space. I love it when the genre switches over and what was sci-fi becomes horror. "

" I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race. "

" My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head. "

" The only problem I've had with my Vox wah is its tendency to move around on the floor. So now it sits on a rubber mat that says in big letters, 'Kirk's Wah-Wah Rug.' "

" My musical tastes change every week. "

" Guitar playing is both extremely easy for me and extremely difficult for me at the same time. "

" 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. "

" Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood. "

" When people are confronted with something they've never seen before, they really don't know how to react. "

" I feel like I've matured more musically than I have personally. But I totally embrace what becoming older has to offer. I find the wisdom that comes with each passing year is a trip. "

" I love 'True Blood.' I love 'The Walking Dead.' Those are fantastic series. "

" Because of things like iTunes and streaming and social networking, it's destroyed music. It's destroyed the motivation to go out there and really make the best record possible. It's a shame. "

" 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.' "

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Thought

" One of my favorite horror films of the Nineties was 'Event Horizon.' "

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

" 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

" I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans. "

" Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties. "

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

" A lot of the main characters in horror movies are outsiders as well, so that outsider syndrome reverberates within horror fans and geeky collectors. It's kind of a rallying call that brings fans and collectors together who are a little socially retarded, maybe. "

" When I see my kids totally into their Legos, it brings me back to the days I was hanging out and playing with my monster models. It brings me there in a second. "

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Days

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" I fix things all the time. Every time I do a solo, I re-check it and correct things that don't hit the mark. "

" It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos. "

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

" Technology has given us convenience, but at the same time it's making musicians work harder in that if you really want to make money making music and selling albums, you have to go out there and perform. And hope you sell stuff like merch, and get on YouTube, and all the other ancillary sort of things that go along with that. "

" For a while I was collecting Satan and devil stuff - you know, anything that had to do with old Beelzebub or Lucifer. But I had to put the brakes on it, because there's a lot of stuff out there, and the collection was just growing too quickly. "