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.

Do I exaggerate? Boy, do I, and I'd do it more if I could get away with it.

As bad a dresser as I am, anything beats being judged by my character.

I'm the most important person in the lives of almost everyone I know and a good number of the people I've never even met.

Sometimes the sins you haven't committed are all you have left to hold onto.

Remember that the most important thing is to try and love other people as much as they love you.

Comfort has its place, but it seems rude to visit another country dressed as if you’ve come to mow its lawns.

Write relentlessly, until you find your voice. Then, use it.

As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts.

Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you're offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone's feelings.

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.