My vocals are bad, I can't sing, hey man, I wouldn't ask you to do a drum roll if your arm was falling off.

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.

That's the problem with life. You never get enough time to stare at your ceiling and try to figure out what's going on.

But whenever tragedy strikes, one is left either to die or with a plethora of ifs and buts to ponder over.

Skill without passion would have been drudgery. Passion without skill would have been torture.

The giver is the blessed! The receiver stands still.

That was part of the whole original concept. We were thinking, it's off-season, let's do a really fun, local-oriented event, raise money for good causes and bring some music to the valley.

The TV business is like the produce section of the market. Today everything is fresh and glistening and firm. And tomorrow, when they find a bruise on you, they toss you out.

Through knowledge we behold the world's creation, How in his cradle first he fostered was; And judge of Nature's cunning operation, How things she formed of a formless mass.

I have a theory - if the music is good and you have good musicians, the name doesn't matter that much. There are a lot of examples of that. The name is just a calling card.

It is a constant change. Not one body is constant.

Lets us all have an open conversation about what this might mean if [Donald] Trump gets his way or how we might be able to adjust that and make American people safer.