Lars Ulrich Quotes

I guess that seeing yourself on a screen is something that you get used to. Let's face it, these days, there's really nothing that you do that doesn't get filmed.

I wouldn't say that we're proactively out there hunting down brands to try to fulfill some piece of a larger battle plan or something. If they have things they want to get to us, we're somewhat easily accessible through our managers and record companies.

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.

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

I would say that I'm very proud that Metallica plays heavy music - but equally proud that we don't think like a heavy-metal band.

People are always spewing this horseshit about how age doesn't matter. Well, it does matter! I'm thirty-five, and I'm happy to be thirty-five. I can't pretend I'm still a snot-nosed 21-year-old.

Metallica's the only band I've ever been in and it's the only band I ever wanna be in.

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

This isn't about fans, greed or money. It's about being morally right or wrong. Nobody is governing the way music gets from artists to fans. It's all running amok.

As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica.

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

The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones.

Sharing's only fun when it's not your stuff.

As the world gets smaller and communication spreads further and further out there, you try to find the right balance.

I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.

Stretching your parameters is a necessity if you wan to keep growing, and sometimes the best way to do that is to dive into the deep end.

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

If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.