Metallica Quotations

There is one Metallica. We have many styles, it's called Metallica.

I've been a fan of Metallica and friends with those guys for a long time and that was just great - half Alice In Chains and half Metallica playing together.

I shot a Metallica video in Hollywood, and there were, like, 100 people on set. There was even a guy there to put antiseptic gel on my hands. Amazing. If I asked for that on a Danish set, they'd probably kick me out of the country.

I've learned that there's a signature Metallica sound, and if we stray too far from that, our fans get impatient, or they just don't understand, or they miss the point. And I'm not saying that's a good thing or a bad thing; it's just something we have to contend with.

I think what's cool about Slayer is no matter how old their albums are, it's the one band to me that their sound is immortal. It never sounds corny to me. You can go back and listen to some Pantera and Metallica albums, and you're like, 'OK, great music.' But Slayer, you go back, and they always sound fresh and hard as hell.

One of my few shortcomings is that I can't predict the future.

There is something powerful in Metallica, a will, a drive.

I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.

When this genre of music started in America, Metallica was up north in California, we were in Southern California, Anthrax was on the East Coast. We each developed our own metal music, and after 30 years, we're still playing our metal music.

As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica.

My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head.

As big as Metallica are, they're still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they're still not U2 or Lady Gaga. It's still underground.

Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.

I went from being a kid-kid, listen to everything from The Beatles through Kiss, Peter Frampton, Jethro Tull classic rock, classic stuff into immediately, it seemed like, Iron Maiden and stuff like that. The first Iron Maiden record and then, obviously, the first Metallica record.

Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate.

I didn't like the way I was let go from Metallica.

Metallica is a wonderful key to have on my key ring. I can go anywhere - it's great.

You don't hear Metallica complaining about Pearl Jam.

Well, I think it's kind of interesting how the Osmond name has been really seen on both sides of the pendulum. There's obviously the bubblegum side, but for people who really know about music, it's clear on the other side. As a matter of fact, I find it quite ironic that Metallica used to cover 'Crazy Horses.' It was a cutting-edge album.

I once won a Grammy for an Australian version of 'Turn the Page' that another artist did; I can't remember his name. There've been covers down through the years around the world, but I did like Metallica's, because I kind of related to Metallica when they first came out, because Jimmy Hetfield really reminded me of me in 1965, you know?

It wasn't enough for Megadeth to do well; I wanted Metallica to fail.

Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica.

People say that being kicked out of Metallica is what drove me to be better and faster in Megadeth, but i was faster and better than Metallica when i was in Metallica

If we were to hit the level that Metallica or somebody like that hit, we'd have had a hard time dealing with it. I think it would have been our doom. It's hard for anybody at that level.

Underlying everything is a country-folk foundation. You're not going to see us do a Metallica or Snoop Dogg song.

As much as Metallica rocked, they always had these song names... 'The Thing That Shouldn't Be'. 'The Chair That Wasn't There', you know?

It's all fun and games until someone gets a boner.

Cannot The Kingdom of Salvation take me home?

I didn't realize Metallica was as big as they were. I just thought it was my buddy Kirk's band - we went to high school together. I wasn't really following metal.

I tell you very honestly, 1 billion percent, I have never regretted leaving Metallica.

I'm married to Metallica.

Metallica is the world to me - it always has been, and that's not going to change. I'm married to Metallica.

Life is for my own to live my own way.

We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

Nobody wants to hear Metallica at lunchtime.

Usually when I'm mad, I'd rather listen to angry music than soothing music - more heavy metal, some Metallica or something.

Metallica's the only band I've ever been in and it's the only band I ever wanna be in.

The day Metallica's over, i'm not going to put an ad looking for another band. I'll put my drumsticks on the shelf and there's 14 other things I wanna try. Metallica's the only band I've ever been and it's the only I ever wanna be in.

Sure, Kill Bill is a violent movie. But it's a Tarantino movie. You don't go to see Metallica and ask the fu*kers to turn the music down.

We were nominated [for Grammy] once before for our album 1916. We were up against Metallica at the time and they had just sold a quarter of a zillion albums.

Soundgarden and Metallica, The Ramones, Everclear... I think they all wanted to see if we still knew how to play.