I don't like to be pigeonholed, and I really like that people never really know what's going on with Metllica.

Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death.

I don't like to be pigeonholed, and I really like that people never really know what's going on with Metllica.

The music business, or what`s left of it, is obviously a very - it`s like a wild west now.

I would say [Lamar] Kendrick, it`s always fun to see what happens when Kendrick takes the stage. And my two oldest kids are huge fans of him.

Metallica lives in a little bubble. We just do our own thing. We're not part of any trends or waves or fads. We can just do our own thing, all the time. It's a great luxury. I don't think we were really appreciative of it until recently, and really understood that it is what keeps us alive. It's great to be able to have the freedom to run around and do all this crazy stuff, and at all cost, avoid making another record, just to piss our managers off.

One of my few shortcomings is that I can't predict the future.