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Kirk Hammett Quotes

Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties.

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 thing and get out of the race.

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 going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs!

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.

I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!

Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.

My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head.

We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances.