Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out about bands. It's kind of the same way these days. In a way even less because there are no record stores to go to anymore.

Everything I do is metal. When I clean my house, it's metal.

As big as Metallica are, they're still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they're still not U2 or Lady Gaga. It's still underground.

To me, the guitar is a tool for songwriting, and it's fun, too. The day that it's not fun, that's when I'm not gonna play guitar anymore.

I've always been a true believer that if men had babies, nobody would be trying to tell them what they can and can't do with their bodies.

The internet is a great thing but the worst thing that it brought to the music business was piracy and it's made making stuff available really difficult.

I kind of live in this weird world where I am exposed to a lot of stuff, but then again I am not exposed to a lot of stuff.