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Music is the soundtrack to my life.

James Hetfield

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James Hetfield
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 3
Composer
Guitarist
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Downey
California
James Alan Hetfield
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Metallica is a wonderful key to have on my key ring. I can go anywhere - it's great.
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We'd record a song that people liked and wanted to hear on the radio, and the radio wouldn't play it because it was too long. Or they wanted to edit it, which we wouldn't allow.
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Every band that I've known that has done side projects or things like that - I don't respect them anymore.
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I'm not generally a big solo guy, because I'm not into showing off that way.
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Any time somebody is into your band that's a good thing. And if they're in a really cool, really popular band, that's a better thing.
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Metallica is the world to me - it always has been, and that's not going to change. I'm married to Metallica.
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I'm married to Metallica.
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Every breath I take becomes deeper, and I become more confident of myself without my crutches. The lies I've filled my body and soul with aren't needed anymore. They're not welcome. I choose to live, not just exist.
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When you're an actor and you walk into a theatre where your movie is playing, you're kinda proud. Look at my skill!
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Most of my guitars have been instruments that look cool. I'm not picky. I never think, 'Oh, this neck isn't made of ebony,' or, 'These strings don't feel correct.' It doesn't matter too much.
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I'd much rather talk about guitar playing. I hate it when people ask me about my lyrics. I always feel like telling them to just go and read them.
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I love playing the melodic stuff. I love adding textures and colors.
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The fans like the idea we do what we want. It's not an act. Screw the record company and the beaten path. Without MTV or radio, we still have a huge underground following.
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No one but me can save myself though its too late, death greets me warm, now i will just say goodbye.
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Rap is just to me very annoying.
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There was so much good and different music back then and you'd just keep moving through it and discovering more new stuff. I went through my Black Sabbath phase before I even started playing guitar.
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My vocals are bad, I can't sing, hey man, I wouldn't ask you to do a drum roll if your arm was falling off.
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There is something powerful in Metallica, a will, a drive.
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Aqualung is one that my brother turned me onto. It wasn't that hard-rocking, but Martin Barre had a really good sound. He knew what he was doing.
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I wanted to make noise, not study theory.
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