I Don't Play Video Games.

Metallica Is Going To Be One Of Those Bands You Look Back On In The Year 2008, That People Will Still Listen To The Way I Still Listen To Zeppelin And Sabbath Albums.

I'm Busier Than A Busy Person. People Aren't Scared To Play This Raucous, Harsh Music Over Radio Speakers, So I Think It's The Perfect Time To Get In With Some Real Serious, Heavy Bands.

It All Has To Do With Art - Writing, Painting, Things I’ve Done For A Long Time But Just Never Had Enough Time To Pursue. I Have Poetry - Things That Are Designed For Songs, But They’re Always Poems First.

When I Came Into Metallica, I Had To Do Justice To Cliff's Work, But I Also Had To Put My Own Signature On It. No One Could Be Cliff Burton; Cliff Burton Was The Jimi Hendrix Of Bass.

I Think That The Inventors Can Do Anything They Want, And Nobody Can Say Anything Otherwise.