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'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.

Nothing's really a prized possession except my family, you know?

It's a good feeling, that you can put your heart out there, no matter how black it is, and people can understand it.

I think it's very cool for the drummer to be set free from having to worry about holding down the beat every once in a while, though it's a little constricting.

If I hadn't of had music in my life, it's quite possible I'd be dead and I'd much rather be alive.

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