Kirk Hammett Quotes

"A life lived unexplored is a life not worth living."

"We were very, very frightened. I had to sit down and take stock of my life and see if I had a life outside the band, because I was questioning if there was even a future for Metallica. That was a scary thought; when you`ve been in a band for as long as we have, you take for granted that it`s always going to be there." (recalling the uncertainty of Metallica`s future, after Jason Newsted left the band and James Hetfield entered rehab)

I don`t think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

I would have to say I`m bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I`ve done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a completely different direction. I wasn`t interested in showing off any more.

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

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

Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties.

I didn`t want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race.

Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn`t mean you have to use them all in a solo.

I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs!

I`m death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!

He`s a great guitar player and one of my best friends.