Nothing can duplicate the sheer power and feeling you get from standing in front of your amp and bashing on your guitar.

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.

Just like the poles of a magnet, some people are drawn to death and others are repulsed by it, but we all have to deal with it.

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.

I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.

Metallica is the world to me - it always has been, and that's not going to change. I'm married to Metallica.

Every band that I've known that has done side projects or things like that - I don't respect them anymore.