Cliff Burton

“The studio is just a labor. Getting on stage is the reward.”

“You don't burn out from going too fast. You burn out from going too slow and getting bored.”

“As a kid, I said, 'I want to write for movies.' When I finally had that opportunity it was like I was able to exhale. 'Wow, I'm finally doing this for real.'”

“If someone has it inside them to commit an act, then that act would be committed anyway. It's very easy for someone to place the blame on something other than the person who committed the act. It's people looking for scapegoats, you know?”

“Why should we change onstage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way.”

“Those that start things have an advantage over those that follow.”

“Personally, I would say the 'master' of this whole thing is fate... Whoever is on the playing field is fair game, and it's up to them to avoid being used.”

“To live is to die.”

“Just keep going like crazy and look back when it's over. Otherwise you just get confused.”

“Every once in awhile we may fall on our face, but we insist on doing what we wanna do.”

“We do what we want. We don't care what anyone else thinks.”

“Control your life through insanity.”