There was so much good and different music back then and you'd just keep moving through it and discovering more new stuff. I went through my Black Sabbath phase before I even started playing guitar.

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.

Intelligent efforts are successful.

How many crimes have been committed for no other reason than that the perpetrator could not bear being in the wrong!

It was a simple thing. All terror is a simplicity. ("Interval In Sunlight")

I do a lot of screen re-writing.

Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.

I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?

The West pays money and piles up pressure to cause a strife between Islamic countries so that Muslims would kill each other and the West can obtain its desirable outcome thereby.

It must be observed that fishing with any living bait is to be condemned for the same reason as fishing with a worm: in all such instances we torture two animals at once for our amusement.

I don't think things are getting more insane. I do know that the country is more divided than it's ever been. Tensions in America are at their peak.

I don't carry a purse when I fly because I have my Hello Kitty carry-on. I'm the biggest adult supporter.