"Basically I just had to say, "Screw everyone around me - from now on I'm just gonna play what I think is important to…"

"I think heavy metal is therapeutic - it's music that blows the tension away. I think that's why people who have had r…"

"Although I’m a lead guitarist, I’d say that a good 95 percent of my time onstage is spent playing rhythm. Consequentl…"

"[about Nothing Else Matters] James always wanted to be perceived as this guy who is very confident and strong. And fo…"

"And I thought to myself: I actually have a conection to this place, it's part of my musical legacy. [Hammett talking …"

"Often overshadowed by Metallica's frontman, rhythm guitarist and band leader James Hetfield (more from him in a bit),…"

"I was inspired to write a folk song — about how soldiers have no choice in the matter but to follow orders — but with…"

"And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for? Don't ask me I don't give a damn Next stop is Vietnam. And it's f…"

"Now come on mothers throughout the land Pack your boys off to Vietnam Come on fathers don't hesitate Send your sons o…"

"For the mind to believe in its own decisions, it must feel that it made those decisions without coercion. Coercive me…"