I Play The Real Instruments.

It All Has To Do With Art - Writing, Painting, Things I’ve Done For A Long Time But Just Never Had Enough Time To Pursue. I Have Poetry - Things That Are Designed For Songs, But They’re Always Poems First.

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.

I Think That The Inventors Can Do Anything They Want, And Nobody Can Say Anything Otherwise.

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.

I Tell You Very Honestly, 1 Billion Percent, I Have Never Regretted Leaving Metallica.