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James Hetfield
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 3
Composer
Guitarist
Lyricist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Downey
California
James Alan Hetfield
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Sleep my friend, and you will see that dream is my reality.
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A lot of times, I'll have a goal, I'll start writing, and I'll end up in some far off place, which is good. It's nice to have a focus, but letting the lyrics write themselves where they need to go is important.
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The band? No way! There ain't no band. The band is not 'the band' right now. It's just three guys.
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I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine.
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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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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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When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening.
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It's good to listen to lots of different stuff, just whatever you like. The first two records I ever bought were Alice Cooper, Killer and Jethro Tull, Aqualung. That's two weird records to begin with, but I think they hold up well.
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Dying, dying, someone told me just recently, dying is easy. Living is hard. For everyone.
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No secret that I enjoy motor sports and cars in particular, building cars, building custom cars. Part of that scene. I love the flow of the cars and I love the art part of them. I love the sleekness and the uniqueness of each car that you can dream up.
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I love playing the melodic stuff. I love adding textures and colors.
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I wanted to make noise, not study theory.
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My whole life was duality: Here's my life at home, here's my life on the road.
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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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Nothing's really a prized possession except my family, you know?
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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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I'm not generally a big solo guy, because I'm not into showing off that way.
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We like to set off bombs.
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I was pretty quiet as a child. I kind of hung out with my family and listened to music and sh*t. I wasn't too outgoing at all.
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There is something powerful in Metallica, a will, a drive.
James Hetfield