102 Quotes by Kirk Hammett

My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head.

I fix things all the time. Every time I do a solo, I re-check it and correct things that don't hit the mark.

We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances.

Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate.

After months of playing air guitar to 'Free Bird', what really got me into guitar was watching a documentary about Jimi Hendrix and picking up the Woodstock soundtrack. Listening to his version of 'Star Spangled Banner' and 'Purple Haze.' My brother played acoustic guitar and, idolising him, I thought, 'I'm going to get a guitar.'

Because of things like iTunes and streaming and social networking, it's destroyed music. It's destroyed the motivation to go out there and really make the best record possible. It's a shame.

I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive.

I feel really fortunate that, in playing guitar and surfing, I've found two things that mean so much to me, and which really complement each other. There's definitely a spiritual thing to both of them; they totally connect you to a higher realm.

I think it goes without saying that a lot of big horror fans are just nerds and geeks.