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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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Singer-Songwriter
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Downey
California
James Alan Hetfield
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I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.
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When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening.
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I'm always feeling like I don't belong, no matter where I am. So I'm just searching for a family nonstop, and sometimes I find it in the mosh pit, sometimes I find it when I'm doing some French TV show with the president's wife.
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