Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar. 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 horrorevilsound My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head. Kirk Hammett umbilical-cordmetallicaguitar A life lived unexplored is a life not worth living. Kirk Hammett unexploredworth-living Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood. Kirk Hammett misunderstoodkindsides 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 solousemean 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 guitarbattleplay Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate. Kirk Hammett metallicafragile-thingscomplicated 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 doneperfectrain 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 phoenixashesfire I've been into horror movies ever since I was five years old. Kirk Hammett five-year-oldshorroryears 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-guitarstarsbrother Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties. Kirk Hammett guitartechniqueplayer 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 powerfulplayermean 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 bandmeanthinking 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 devilgrowingstuff I went through a whole blues period in the Nineties, and that had some influence on 'Load' and 'ReLoad.' Kirk Hammett influenceperiodswhole 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 rocksguitarbored I think it goes without saying that a lot of big horror fans are just nerds and geeks. Kirk Hammett nerdfansthinking 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 playsongthinking
