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

Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.

Everytime we put a record out, we lose people that can't deal with the growth.

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

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

What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers.

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.

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

Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.

One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.

Being in the woods at night is a beautiful thing.

I would've been intrigued by being a film director. I would've been intrigued by politics. I thought about architecture.

Bird cages are nothing of incredible value, but I like them.

I always knew that good stuff would come along when I was older. So when I was 18, I longed to be 30; when I was 30, I longed to be 50. I've always looked forward to my next birthday.

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

The best solution would be for the federal government to say, 'Yes, we do provide coverage and it's from day one.'

Through the trials and tribulations of life come the openness to receive greatness.

Family, friends and the typical attitudes of society will, at different stages, try to tell you what you 'should' be doing with your life.

Education is a bubble in a classic sense. To call something a bubble, it must be overpriced, and there must be an intense belief in it.

I want to see more people push what it means to be a web show... because it's very difficult to make a living making those types of shows.

The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.

I believe that as long as a single man may try, any unjustifiable barrier against his efforts is a barrier against mankind.

I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.

A lot of people just look at acting as a quick fix - they don't have a work ethic. This is a job; it's not all margaritas on the beach.

The alienation of man thus appeared as the fundamental evil of capitalist society.

If you had told me in the Seventies and Eighties that TV would be as edgy or edgier than most films, and more intelligently written than most films, I wouldn't have believed it. There's great stuff out there.

I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century.

Breaking up is like knocking over a Coke machine. You can't do it in one push. You gotta rock it back and forth a few times, and then it goes over.

I was fortunate enough to book a pilot, and we just got picked up for a midseason replacement for ABC. It's called 'Romantically Challenged,' and I'm going to be playing Alyssa Milano's little sister. The other actor in it is Kyle Bornheimer from 'Worst Week' - he's hilarious.

A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.

If the American dream is for Americans only, it will remain our dream and never be our destiny.

I don't talk about my personal life with the press.

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.