If a guitar is too easy for me to play, it makes me too laid back. I like to battle with my guitar.
Kirk HammettI don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.
Kirk HammettI'm very fortunate to be doing the thing I do best, which is play guitar. There aren't many other things I could do.
Kirk Hammett