I ended up gettin a little Gibson amp and a bass, because of Gene Simmons of Kiss. Myself and three other kids would pretend to be Kiss - I liked Gene the best. — Jason Newsted Copy Share Image
When I came into Metallica, I had to do justice to Cliff's work, but I also had to put my own signature on it. No one could be Cliff Burton; Cliff Burton was the Jimi Hendrix of bass. — Jason Newsted Copy Share Image
It all has to do with art - writing, painting, things I've done for a long time but just never had enough time to… — Jason Newsted Copy Share Image
I'm busier than a busy person. People aren't scared to play this raucous, harsh music over radio speakers, so I think it's the perfect… — Jason Newsted Copy Share Image
I think that the inventors can do anything they want, and nobody can say anything otherwise. — Jason Newsted Copy Share Image
You can't just put any four people together and it goes 'yaaaaah', y'know? — Jason Newsted Copy Share Image
Metallica is going to be one of those bands you look back on in the year 2008, that people will still listen to the… — Jason Newsted Copy Share Image
I don't want to grow up,' Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as… — Jason Newsted Copy Share Image
A couple years ago I was going to back off and actually thought about retiring, but it keeps calling me back, and I'm going… — Jason Newsted Copy Share Image
To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places where you… — Jason Newsted Copy Share Image
After playing with Rob Zombie, I was ready to go, 'OK, this is as far as I'm taking this bass-playing thing. This is the… — Jason Newsted Copy Share Image
