A lot of modern amps and preamps sound great when you're jamming by yourself, but don't hold up in a band situation. The sound isn't dense enough, and the lows and highs tend to get soaked up by the bass and cymbals.

Life is for my own to live my own way.

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.

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

Metallica is a wonderful key to have on my key ring. I can go anywhere - it's great.

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

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.