If you're into what you're playing, that's the most important thing.

One time we saw some hookers but when we got closer we realized it was Motley Crue.

I choose to live, not just exist.

Nothing can duplicate the sheer power and feeling you get from standing in front of your amp and bashing on your guitar.

People always complain about something. If you face yourself and stand up strong, you're OK. You can't go wrong.

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

My lifestyle determines my deathstyle.

Live win, dare fail.

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

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

It's a good feeling, that you can put your heart out there, no matter how black it is, and people can understand it.

You will understand the true spirit neither of science nor of religion unless seeking is placed in the forefront.

No one needs to give you permission to be great. You hold that authority.

Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones. Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing since MS-DOS.

I find that in life all you can do is try to be honest about who you are and how you're feeling, and trust that it will be received in the correct way.

I think hidden underneath a lot of teachers are very sexy women.

As an investment banker, I'm in the cross-flow of information and the changes that are taking place in capital markets.

People who take risks are the people you'll lose against.

She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.

Alone, Alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never saint took pity on My soul in agony