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“With our producer, Greg Fidelman, it was really a joy to work with him and to try different things and experiment.”
“Between 'St. Anger' and 'Death Magnetic,' we had, if I'm not mistaken, five kids born. And, of course, that would allow things to take time.”
“I'm always pulling and really feeding off of my inspirations. I think most musicians do.”
“'Some Kind of Monster' is a challenge, and 'Through the Never' is an extension of that. Even the album we made with Lou Reed, it was a challenge.”
“For me, the most important thing that I tell young people is to have fun.”
“We used to go to Palm Springs, ditch school when I was in eleventh grade, and go hang out poolside with our ghetto blaster and listen to Pat Metheny 'Offramp' and kind of trip out on a lot of his music.”
“There's a lot of personality in Lars's drumming. That's what makes it unique.”
“Writing a Metallica song is a journey and a process, and it takes time, but that's what's special about it.”
“We all grew up with Black Sabbath. I mean, there's no secret there. Any of us, any of the members of any band I've ever been in, or anyone I've ever worked with.”
“I don't generally like things that are too pedestrian. But at the same time, and if I'm in the right mood, hey - I ain't gonna lie - I listen to Joni Mitchell. I listen to 'Blue,' I listen to Miles Davis.”
“When I first heard the song 'Eruption,' which is Eddie Van Halen's most famous solo composition, I was confused because it sounded incredible, but I didn't know what it was. I didn't know if it was a guitar. I didn't know if it was a synthesizer or a keyboard. I couldn't figure it out.”
“I think every Metallica album is unique in its own way.”
“As long as there is communication, everything can be solved.”
“Joe Walsh is somebody who... he's a writer, obviously, and he's a singer-songwriter, whatever, but at the end of the day, when it comes to the Eagles, he's there to play guitar, and he's there to supply whatever is needed for that band, and that is what I feel with Metallica.”
“We enjoy playing small shows, big shows, whatever. There's the energy of the visual production, and all that stuff starts to happen, so when you see it come to life, it's pretty exciting.”
“I've always been a fan of animation. As a kid, I used to watch a lot of the Saturday-morning cartoons, and I was always a fan of even claymation and that whole medium.”
“Each album you make, each body of music, you just never know how the world's going to relate to it.”
“What I have learned about Metallica is that it's all about taking chances and challenges.”
“That's all I ever do, just try and do the best I can and cater to the song, cater to the music.”
“With our fans, a lot of times, people get upset because maybe they didn't get what they wanted, whatever. But we always write the songs for us, number one.”