“ I feel like I've matured more musically than I have personally. But I totally embrace what becoming older has to offer. I find the wisdom that comes with each passing year is a trip. Kirk Hammett
“ Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it - 'St. Anger' being the fire and 'Death Magnetic' being the phoenix. Kirk Hammett
“ If I had unlimited funds, wall space and storage, I would collect a lot more things, like 'Planet of the Apes,' 'Star Wars,' science fiction stuff, autographs, and prop guns and weapons. I have to dra… Kirk Hammett
“ The same sensations that you get in heavy metal are in horror movies. Heavy metal sounds evil and horror movies are evil, ha ha! Kirk Hammett
“ It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos. Kirk Hammett
“ I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep! Kirk Hammett
“ I love horror movies in space. I love it when the genre switches over and what was sci-fi becomes horror. Kirk Hammett
“ I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs! Kirk Hammett
“ 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. Kirk Hammett
