Nothing's really a prized possession except my family, you know?

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.

I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me

I just heard a story from someone the other day where somebody was beaten up by Christians for wearing one of our shirts. Of course, that's a very Christian thing to do.

It frequently happens that I begin a novel with just a visual image of something, a vague sense of people in three dimensional space.

I just say whatever I want to whoever I want whenever I want wherever I want however I want.

You have psychopaths and sociopaths in charge.

A life not lived for others is not a life, a game not played for others is not a game.

Baseball players or cricketers do not need to be able to solve explicitly the non-linear differential equations which govern the flight of the ball. They just catch it.

I don't collect any memorabilia. I wish I'd have kept everything I had. But who knew you had to keep it. Just gave it away. And we lost so much and we didn't look after a lot of it.

Learning to drive is a scary thing for a parent. I had to basically lie to get the keys when I was a kid.

A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happiness