It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos. Kirk Hammett More Quotes by Kirk Hammett More Quotes From 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 horror evil sound My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head. Kirk Hammett umbilical-cord metallica guitar A life lived unexplored is a life not worth living. Kirk Hammett unexplored worth-living Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood. Kirk Hammett misunderstood kind sides I think it's morally wrong to keep someone away from what keeps him happy. Kirk Hammett thinking Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo. Kirk Hammett solo use mean If a guitar is too easy for me to play, it makes me too laid back. I like to battle with my guitar. Kirk Hammett guitar battle play Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate. Kirk Hammett metallica fragile-things complicated For me, one of the most perfect times to watch a horror movie is when it's cold and raining outside and there's pretty much no outdoor activity to be done. It kind of sets the mood. Kirk Hammett done perfect rain 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 phoenix ashes fire I've been into horror movies ever since I was five years old. Kirk Hammett five-year-olds horror years After months of playing air guitar to 'Free Bird', what really got me into guitar was watching a documentary about Jimi Hendrix and picking up the Woodstock soundtrack. Listening to his version of 'Star Spangled Banner' and 'Purple Haze.' My brother played acoustic guitar and, idolising him, I thought, 'I'm going to get a guitar.' Kirk Hammett air-guitar stars brother Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties. Kirk Hammett guitar technique player When I got my first Marshall amp, it was so empowering. No one ever forgets their first Marshall amp if you're a guitar player pursuing a big powerful sound. I mean, no one ever forgets their first Marshall amp. Kirk Hammett powerful player mean I think the whole concept behind lyrics is you better mean what you say, or you should like, become a storyteller. I mean, there's a lot of bands who are just storytellers, and then there are bands who actually have something valid to say. And the bands who have valid points are few and far between. Kirk Hammett band mean thinking For a while I was collecting Satan and devil stuff - you know, anything that had to do with old Beelzebub or Lucifer. But I had to put the brakes on it, because there's a lot of stuff out there, and the collection was just growing too quickly. Kirk Hammett devil growing stuff I went through a whole blues period in the Nineties, and that had some influence on 'Load' and 'ReLoad.' Kirk Hammett influence periods whole I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a completely different direction. I wasn't interested in showing off any more. Kirk Hammett rocks guitar bored I think it goes without saying that a lot of big horror fans are just nerds and geeks. Kirk Hammett nerd fans thinking Basically I just had to say, 'Screw everyone around me - from now on I'm just gonna play what I think is important to me and our music.' So I gave the big finger to all the current trends in technical wizardry, and just went off and did what I felt was best for the songs. Kirk Hammett play song thinking
