Although I'm a lead guitarist, I'd say that a good 95 percent of my time onstage is spent playing rhythm.

Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate.

We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!

I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive.

When I got my first Marshall amp, it was so empowering. No one ever forgets their first Marshall amp if you're a guitar player pursuing a big powerful sound. I mean, no one ever forgets their first Marshall amp.

I've been into horror movies ever since I was five years old.