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.

I have the best job in the world. I'm able to express myself, and people attach themselves to it if they identify with it. Music certainly is a driving force in my life. There's not a moment where I'm not in it.

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.

I associate times with certain music. It still is that for me. It's telling the story of our lives.

The band? No way! There ain't no band. The band is not 'the band' right now. It's just three guys.

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

We like to set off bombs.