I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else.

I don't want to grow up,' Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as long as I want to. I play loud music and scream for a living.

Metallica is going to be one of those bands you look back on in the year 2008, that people will still listen to the way I still listen to Zeppelin and Sabbath albums.

I tell you very honestly, 1 billion percent, I have never regretted leaving Metallica.

When I came into Metallica, I had to do justice to Cliff's work, but I also had to put my own signature on it. No one could be Cliff Burton; Cliff Burton was the Jimi Hendrix of bass.

The past is where its supposed to be.

I still play music for the same reasons as when I first started; for the energy, the feeling, the interaction with others. Not for the money, ego or greed.

You can't just put any four people together and it goes 'yaaaaah', y'know?

I thought I'd do something nice for the band... I'll hang myself.

I'm busier than a busy person. People aren't scared to play this raucous, harsh music over radio speakers, so I think it's the perfect time to get in with some real serious, heavy bands.

I ended up gettin a little Gibson amp and a bass, because of Gene Simmons of Kiss. Myself and three other kids would pretend to be Kiss - I liked Gene the best.

Love is always true and eternal.Love can't be untrue or occasional.

They fight like puppies. They are young, and boys. They are full of anger and impatience. Women have less trouble with these things. It's part of what makes us better fighters.

The real truth lies below the surface.

Eating out doesn't have to be a formula. Eating out is about having fun. I get really frustrated when it's badly done.

The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.

Those times, I tried to think of something happy, something I'd liked - but not something I loved, for that made it worse.

The service of sin is perfect slavery.

Goyim kill goyim and the Jews are blamed.

Creative experience foreshadows a new Heaven and a new Earth.

Do not fear the enemy, for they can take only your life. Fear the media far more, for they will destroy your honour.