Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

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

The same sensations that you get in heavy metal are in horror movies. Heavy metal sounds evil and horror movies are evil, ha ha!

A life lived unexplored is a life not worth living.

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

I think it's morally wrong to keep someone away from what keeps him happy.

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

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

Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate.

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.

Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it - St. Anger being the fire and Death Magnetic being the phoenix.

We always kept believing in ourselves and our team and the car.

I find beauty in a very independent state. It lives quietly. It's there to be discovered.

Barney Kessel is incredible. He's just amazing . . . . Nobody can play guitar like that

I know plenty of adults who act like teenagers.

The ocean is made of drops.

I'd like to marry you, if you think that would be okay.

The Republican candidates clashed on terrorism, immigration and foreign policy in their fifth debate.They all said President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton have not kept America safe.

An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.

I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road.

My new year's resolution is definitely to quit smoking. I need to do it.