James Hetfield Quotes

Every breath I take becomes deeper, and I become more confident of myself without my crutches. The lies I've filled my body and soul with aren't needed anymore. They're not welcome. I choose to live, not just exist.

One time we saw some hookers but when we got closer we realized it was Motley Crue.

It's a good feeling, that you can put your heart out there, no matter how black it is, and people can understand it.

I choose to live, not just exist.

I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.

Nothing can duplicate the sheer power and feeling you get from standing in front of your amp and bashing on your guitar.

People always complain about something. If you face yourself and stand up strong, you're OK. You can't go wrong.

My lifestyle determines my deathstyle.

Music was the voice I didn't have.

If everyone was the same, it would be boring as sh*t

It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see.

Live win, dare fail.

Don't look back, because that's the sign of failure.

Everybody is born good and everybody has got the same size soul. We're here to connect with that.

All that is, was, and will be. Universe much too big to see. Time and space never ending, disturbing thoughts, questions pending. Limitations of human understanding. Too quick to criticize, obligation to survive, we hunger to be alive. All that is, ever, ever was, will be ever twisting, turning, Through The Never. In the dark, see past our eyes. Pursuit of truth, no matter where it lies. Gazing up to the breeze of the heavens, on a quest, meaning, reason. Come to be, how it begun. All alone in the family of the sun, curiosity teasing everyone. On our home, third stone from the sun.

Music is the soundtrack to my life.

When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening.

Rap is just to me very annoying.

Sleep my friend, and you will see that dream is my reality.

Life is for my own to live my own way.

I'd like to have a beer-holder on my guitar like they have on boats.

I'm always feeling like I don't belong, no matter where I am. So I'm just searching for a family nonstop, and sometimes I find it in the mosh pit, sometimes I find it when I'm doing some French TV show with the president's wife.

I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction.

I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine.

I have the best job in the world. I'm able to express myself, and people attach themselves to it if they identify with it. Music certainly is a driving force in my life. There's not a moment where I'm not in it.