Jason Newsted Quotes
`I don`t want to grow up,` Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as long as I want to. I play loud music and scream for a living.
It all has to do with art - writing, painting, things I`ve done for a long time but just never had enough time to pursue. I have poetry - things that are designed for songs, but they`re always poems first.
I`m busier than a busy person. People aren`t scared to play this raucous, harsh music over radio speakers, so I think it`s the perfect time to get in with some real serious, heavy bands.
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.
Metallica is going to be one of those bands you look back on in the year 2008, that people will still listen to the way I still listen to Zeppelin and Sabbath albums.
I thought I`d do something nice for the band... I`ll hang myself.
All I want you to do is rock. That`ll be forever, man.
