32 Quotes by Jason Newsted

DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE!

I wouldn't want to say never on anything like that, because it's fun to turn people's heads around with something like that. But we only have about 25 minutes of solid music of our own -- we could pull together a couple of covers or something like that and make a set for someone. If it presents itself, we'd look at it for sure.

I ended up gettin' a little Gibson amp and a bass, because of Gene Simmons of Kiss. Myself and three other kids would pretend to be Kiss - I liked Gene the best.

I already know what I'm looking for. It's not somebody who fronts the band, it's someone who can hang with me.

After playing with Rob Zombie, I was ready to go, 'OK, this is as far as I'm taking this bass-playing thing. This is the end of the road.' I was ready to kind of hang it up.

A couple years ago I was going to back off and actually thought about retiring, but it keeps calling me back, and I'm going to keep going back as long as it calls me. I really think it has something to do with the good vibes that I feel I've spread through my performance and through the time that I've spent with fans.

This is a fantastic opportunity for me to play with guys I've respected for a long time. It gives us a chance to be innovators. This has never been done before. We're going to break new ground musically and on television. The anticipation is building in me every day. This is a super group in the truest sense.

I still play music for the same reasons as when I first started; for the energy, the feeling, the interaction with others. Not for the money, ego or greed.

I think that the inventors can do anything they want, and nobody can say anything otherwise.