I 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 love horror movies in space. I love it when the genre switches over and what was sci-fi becomes horror.
Kirk HammettMetallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it - St. Anger being the fire and Death Magnetic being the phoenix.
Kirk Hammett