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

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

221

I'm very fortunate to be doing the thing I do best, which is play guitar. There aren't many other things I could do.

199

Kirk Hammett, lead guitar and attempted vocals.

150

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.

139

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

128

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

123

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.

106

We're the underdogs. We haven't had a top ten hit, and we look like a bunch of bums out there. Amidst all this glam, and this huge production, we're going to stick it out. But that's what we're here for - and that's what put us here in the first place.

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