Lars Ulrich Quotes (23 Quotes)


    We formed this band when we were 18-19, we couldn't play... We were just like 'Let's get together and play some cover songs, drink some vodka...' a year and a half later we were touring the world, releasing records.

    I don't like to be pigeonholded, and i really like that people never really know what's going on with Metallica.

    Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death.

    If you sit there and you know that rule 1 is just that everything you do is honest and just a natural and instinctual extension of your self, then there you go.

    Doing things the way you see it, going by your own heart and soul, that is pure artistic integrity. Whatever the hair is six or sixty inches long, the eyes have make-up or not, the riffs are in 'E' or 'F' sharp, the amps are Marshall or not, all those things don't matter if you are doing it for the right reason, which to me means doing it for yourself


    I tink if people sit down and consider the amount of dedication we put into what we do, we are at the paramount of that scale.

    That's what we're all about taking advantage of people.

    The music gets better and better. It ages so well. Some bands that you sit and listen to, and it just sounds completely silly a few years later, but that Nirvana stuff, when you hear it on the radio nowadays, it sounds as vital and vibrant as it did 10, 12 years ago, when it first came out. And one can only obviously wonder what other cool stuff would've come out of that whole thing.

    We are here to celebrate Black Sabbath tonight a decade or so late, but that's another conversation, another argument.

    Everytime we put a record out, we lose people that can't deal with the growth.

    Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.

    As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica.

    What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers.

    Metallica's the only band i've ever been in. I'm not sure that when it ends in five, ten years, I'm going to put an ad in the paper saying, 'stupid drummer looking for stupid people to play music with.' Metallica is it and I think when that ceases that's it.

    The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones.

    Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.

    If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.

    One of my few shortcomings is that I can't predict the future.

    The new stuff is much more organic, more old school. It certainly doesn't feel like 'St. Anger' Part Two. When we were rehearsing for our South African shows and started playing the 'St. Anger' stuff, it definitely felt very different to the rest of the set because of how the songs were put together. It was really important to make that record in the way we did because of the chaotic internal vibe at that time 'St. Anger' was a statement, 55 minutes of brutality packed onto a CD, proving to ourselves that we still had the spark. 'St. Anger' was fun but we don't need to make that album again.

    ...Metallica mythos...distilled the essences of the comic books and horror movies and the fantastic literature of metal itself...

    What's this all about It's about music, it's not about anything else, it's not about having the coolest cover, or the coolest title, or about anything. it's just about music...

    I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.

    The new album will come out some time in november - Knock On Wood.


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