James Hetfield
James Hetfield
James Alan Hetfieldis an American musician, singer and songwriter known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and some solos, both live and in the studio. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering a classified advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler. Metallica has won nine Grammy Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMetal Singer
Date of Birth3 August 1963
CityDowney, CA
CountryUnited States of America
We do this basically for ourselves. People appreciate it, which is cool, but I think they appreciate that we're doing it for ourselves. We're doing it our way, and how people like it is not up to us. We like it.
I have the best job in the world. I'm able to express myself, and people attach themselves to it if they identify with it. Music certainly is a driving force in my life. There's not a moment where I'm not in it.
I don't remember doing anything else; I don't remember not living in the studio. I'm itching for people to hear this album because I'm sick of hearing it myself.
Just like the poles of a magnet, some people are drawn to death and others are repulsed by it, but we all have to deal with it.
I'd much rather talk about guitar playing. I hate it when people ask me about my lyrics. I always feel like telling them to just go and read them.
It's a good feeling, that you can put your heart out there, no matter how black it is, and people can understand it.
When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening.
People always complain about something. If you face yourself and stand up strong, you're OK. You can't go wrong.
We just plow through it all. We put the blinders on and just go. We don't slow down for trends or what's not hip anymore. We just stay true to ourselves.
Who made you God to say ill take your life from you
My live sound does not work in the studio, which is a completely different animal. Every little thing is detrimental to the sound. And if someone moves a mic, you've lost it. It's pretty much a case of 'lock the door and set up a police line.'
It's all fun and games, until someone looses an eye...than it's fun and games you can't see anymore.
When a man lies he murders some part of the world These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives All this i cannot bear to witness any longer Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home
I'm on this eternal quest to get the best guitar sound in the world, but my vision of what is 'the best' changes every time I go into the studio. Sometimes my goal is to make my guitar jump out, and sometimes I want it to lay back.