Lars's Quotes

"All through the 50's my dad had a jazz club in Denmark, and he had a band together, a fun thing like Metallica. He used to play all the time and then play tennis for real income."

"Being on tour is like living in a bubble, but we're people who like to care about what goes on around us."

"In 1973 I got dragged along to see Deep Puprle. That was the turning point. I didn't know what was going on, but I saw Ritchie Blackmoore throwing his guitar around and doing all these silly poses, and I was pretty impressed."

"Hell, I don't even know what making it means to me, and we hopefully have another 10 or 15 years left with bigger records and better shows."

"We didn't work by a clock, but I think it's safe to say 1990 will be a very low profile year for Metallica."

"The 'One' video proved to us that things we thought of as evil aren't as evil as we thought-as long as we do it our way"

"So much of a Metallica gig is being there and feeling the kick drum in your stomach. We want to make sure that can be transferred to a TV screen."

"Right now we're in a great situation and a lot of people are opening up to Metallica at a rapid rate. But we can't sit back and look at it because then it starts fucking you up."

"You meet people in other bands who have a floating attitude and just cruise along all the time in whatever direction they're steered. That's fine for some people, but I think we're more aware of whats going on."

"I mean who gives a shit it you're the 'in' thing. It's just satisfying to feel that we're reaching out and more and more people are opening up to us."

"You can't worry about how people will react to ot interpret what we do. You're bound to be running in circles all day."

"The record company in Japan makes us work harder than anyplace else. You never have a minute to yourself. It's really not a good place to get alot of rest if you know what I mean."