If I had unlimited funds, wall space and storage, I would collect a lot more things, like 'Planet of the Apes,' 'Star Wars,' science fiction stuff, autographs, and prop guns and weapons. I have to draw the line somewhere.

I went through a whole blues period in the Nineties, and that had some influence on 'Load' and 'ReLoad.'

It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos.

Musically, there's a movement called the flatted fifth that's really evil-sounding. It was outlawed by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. That movement is what gives you a real evil sound that conjures up dark, fantastic images. It's like an audio horror movie. It personifies what a horror movie is about.

A life lived unexplored is a life not worth living.

The movie 'Black Cat,' from 1934, is one of my favorite movies.

Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.