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Your sanity is harder to get back than money or contacts. You are the magic. You are the art. You can't lose that.
There's enough time in the day: If you go to bed at 10 and start your day at 6, there's a lot you can do in a day!
With our producer, Greg Fidelman, it was really a joy to work with him and to try different things and experiment.
The great thing about Metallica's music and the lyrics, it's always going to be hopefully a motivating experience.
In order to have that incredible groove that makes you dream you have to think not of the groove, but of the dream.
There was a thing during those times in the '80s where it was like Sex Pistols then Nirvana and nothing in between.
Just because I'm playing jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me, the way I feel, through jazz, or whatever.
When I was a kid, people called me Emily rather than Esperanza, even though my full name is Esperanza Emily Spalding.
Religious traditions can be reinterpreted in a manner that assists healing, corrects distortions, and expands vision.
If I could, I would have my son on tour the whole time. But he has school, summer camp, and he has to see his mother.
We like to challenge ourselves, and having new material and presenting it to the world is fun and exciting and fresh.
I'm a hard man to fight and an easy man to please... A Rock n' Roll Outlaw on a Sweet Romance.. I Want To Be Your Man.
I think if you look at exactly where you are, you can't really focus without looking back and forward at the same time.
In a lot of ways, Metallica is like a fusion band. It's not necessarily jazz or any of that, but the music is grooving.
I knew Rocky George, the guitar player, 'cause I went to junior high school with him, so I've known him for many years.
Music is a creative endeavor so I feel the business around it should be creative, too. One size doesn't have to fit all.
Some people might go to the gym and swim laps, but I write songs. Every single day, I write something new and record it.
I've written some poetry, but...songs have to be more poetic, and I've really gotten to this non-poetic sort of writing.
You gotta believe you can accomplish anything, and those who believe that they can accomplish anything, most likely will.
Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.
People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be as valuable as what they do.
Right after I graduated, my girlfriend, who I had been going out with for five years, dumped me, and my grandmother died.
I don't listen to hard rock or heavy metal. I suppose I've always been influenced by folk music, I'm a big Bob Dylan fan.
The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge.
I always say that the problem with jazz accessibility is not the content of the music, it's people's ability to access it.
I read books when I have time. I probably spend a third of the time watching TV, and the rest of it is reading, but I read.
You need bad things to make good things. It’s like with farming— if you want to grow a good crop, you need a lot of manure.
Don't make music to make money, because that's not why you should be doing it. Have fun, be creative, and embrace the past.
I always say my role in Metallica is to support the song and to support my team, and whatever that means, I'm there for it.
If we're compared to Metallica, the greatest metal band in the world, I think that's actually a pretty damn good compliment.
You need to find a way to propel this creativity to the masses. People get brainwashed and they start to forget what's good.
Obviously you take any creative people and put them in a room and you're going to get clashes, you're going to get friction.
I'm very honored and thankful if someone says something nice about my playing, but in general I'm very critical of what I do.
Playin' bass runs and singin' lead vox, is sometimes difficult, but I have three words for you: Practice, practice, practice!
You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.
Life is good, life is great. Always love and never hate. Break the rules, stand apart. Ignore your head and follow your heart.
If it weren't for this, I'd probably be working a normal job and playing on the weekends for 10 people at the Irvine Spectrum.
I focused primarily on being an instrumentalist and studying music and on my primary means of expression: composing and playing.
A 'For Sale' sign in your yard during the holidays is like a 'kick me' sign. You are telling buyers you are a distressed seller.
James Hetfield, I mean, the minute he plugs in his guitar and adjusts the tone knob, he comes up with the world's greatest riff.
I thank God for his many blessings he has given me, but money and prestige are not what it's about. I seek spiritual progression.
When the population is filled with peace and harmony it ripens like fruit that turns to rot in a jiff if not preserved by change.
I just wanted to experiment with the bass, and my main influence from Jaco Pastorius inspired me to write music in a certain way.
I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.
And I feel that it's inevitable that the work that I do will reflect the life that I live. And the life I live feels very diverse.
'Mama I'm Coming Home' is one song that I think is incredible. One of his best songs ever written. Lemmy wrote the lyrics to that.
I grew up with an incredibly loving and supportive family that gave me the impression there were a lot of options for me out there.
I think I'm better than I was in my younger days, because I'm exploring deep lyrical material, and I've been sober for a while now.
I think the greatest records we've ever heard, from Zeppelin to Purple to Sabbath to The Who, were all recorded in the studio live.
We just like to make great songs and have fun, and if people want to nominate us for a Grammy and celebrate it, then we'll take it.