James's Quotes

"I love my job, play softball and have a great life. Things are a hell of a lot better thatn when I was 21."

"My older stepbrother, David, was kind of a hippie, kind of a hairy guy. He went to college and stuff. He played drums in a band, and I used to go bash on the shit."

"We don't plan concepts. We didn't write Ride the Lightning about death, or Master of Puppets about manipulation. That just happens."

"I sit there and go 'Oh, god, what am I gonna write?' And all the sudden, it happens. The first lines down and all hell flows after that."

"Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want."

"I was in a band called Obsession. And then there was another band called Leather Charm. Then I met Lars".

"If I'm hung over, I'd rather just stand on the side and play. We wanted to get a frontman but no one sang good enough so I just did both."

"The first time I played sober was because I forgot to drink. 'Damn I thought, I'm playing better'."

"Back then (in highschool) you'd look under the music section of The Recycler for heavy metal, and there's like two people. The same people every fuckin' week into 'sex and Motorhead'."

"I was pretty quiet as a child. I kind of hung out with my family and listened to music and shit. I wasn't too outgoing at all."

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

"We're living all right. We don't have to worry where were gonna sleep."

"(On first jam with lars) He had a fucked up, hella fuckin' cheap Gemco kit or whatever. We told him, 'Yeah, we'll give you a call', and we never even called him back!"