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

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

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.

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.'

I'm very fortunate to be doing the thing I do best, which is play guitar. There aren't many other things I could do.

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