Without Metallica, I wouldn't play the way that I do.

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…

— Lars Ulrich

The Metallica film was like this incredible life experience where I learned the most through guys that stereotypically you would think couldn't offer much…

— Joe Berlinger

Ridley Pearson also plays bass guitar and sings with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of such successful authors as Amy Tan,…

— Otto Penzler

“Fear of living on Natives getting restless now Mutiny in the air Got some death to do Mirror stares back hard Kill, it's such…

— Metallica Welcome Home Sanitarium

Our day-to-day lives recording and touring aren't that different from those of Metallica, even though the perceived worldview is totally different. So that can…

— Robin Pecknold

I went there anyway-knowingly, willingly-because I wanted a number one hit. I wanted what Metallica had, even if it meant selling a piece of…

— Dave Mustaine

I would say that I'm very proud that Metallica plays heavy music - but equally proud that we don't think like a heavy-metal band.

— Lars Ulrich

Nobody wants to hear Metallica at lunchtime.

— Michael Fassbender

Never to return into your obsession hunt you down with out mercy hunt you down all nightmare long feel us breathe upon your face…

— Nikolas

“You could hear the stereo from the downstairs neighbors just fine. They were playing Metallica. Playing isn't really the right verb for Metallica, I…

— Rick Riordan

To me, rock n' roll is rock n' roll. I try to think of it as that. To me, Funkadelic and Metallica exist in…

— Ty Segall

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…

— Lars Ulrich

I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is…

— Al Yankovic

I would like to teach Metallica our dance moves, just because we've learned so much from them about metal.

— Moa Kikuchi

Metallica's 'black' album, when I heard that and I heard Lars' playing, and I just was, like, you know, 'Wow! Something really neat's been…

— Bill Ward