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… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
On 'Metallica,' I recorded six or seven different guitar solos for almost every song, took the best aspects of each solo, mapped out a master solo and made a composite. Then I learned how to play the composite solo, tightened… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
Much of my playing is rhythmic and choppy; I use a lot of double stops. The wah just accents all those stops and chops… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
I feel like I've matured more musically than I have personally. But I totally embrace what becoming older has to offer. I find the… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive. — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
Horror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
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… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
Because of things like iTunes and streaming and social networking, it's destroyed music. It's destroyed the motivation to go out there and really make… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
I think it's morally wrong to keep someone away from what keeps him happy. — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
When I see my kids totally into their Legos, it brings me back to the days I was hanging out and playing with my… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
For 'Death Magnetic,' I used what I always use, which is my standard touring rack, which is filled with some Boogie stuff and a… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
I feel really fortunate that, in playing guitar and surfing, I've found two things that mean so much to me, and which really complement… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
I'm not into that whole Satanic thing. It's just something to fall back on if you don't have much imagination. Singing you fiftieth song… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
Basically I just had to say, Screw everyone around me - from now on I'm just gonna play what I think is important to… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
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… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
