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Kirk Hammett (Musician)

After months of playing air guitar to 'Free Bird', what really got me into guitar was watching a documentary about Jimi Hendrix and picking up the Woodstock soundtrack. Listening to his version of 'Star Spangled Banner' and 'Purple Haze.' My brother played acoustic guitar and, idolising him, I thought, 'I'm going to get a guitar.'
— Kirk Hammett men
Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate.
— Kirk Hammett cat
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 no outdoor activity to be done. It kind of sets the mood.
— Kirk Hammett time
Deep Purple definitely belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 'Cause they had great songs, great musicianship, they had an impact, and they're a huge influence on the heavy metal community as a whole.
— Kirk Hammett music
The word 'retirement' doesn't really sit well with me. There comes a time when you reach a position in society or culture where people will not let you retire. You can say, 'Alright, I'm going to hang up my guitar,' but people will still not let you retire.
— Kirk Hammett time
The same sensations that you get in heavy metal are in horror movies. Heavy metal sounds evil and horror movies are evil, ha ha!
— Kirk Hammett evil
A life lived unexplored is a life not worth living.
— Kirk Hammett life
Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood.
— Kirk Hammett sun
My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head.
— Kirk Hammett
A lot of the main characters in horror movies are outsiders as well, so that outsider syndrome reverberates within horror fans and geeky collectors. It's kind of a rallying call that brings fans and collectors together who are a little socially retarded, maybe.
— Kirk Hammett horror
When you're first starting out, there's always the temptation to hide behind distortion because it lets you get away with murder. But, when it comes to rhythm work, you've gotta back off that gain control a bit, especially if you're playing with another guitarist.
— Kirk Hammett art
I think it's morally wrong to keep someone away from what keeps him happy.
— Kirk Hammett happy
When people are confronted with something they've never seen before, they really don't know how to react.
— Kirk Hammett people
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 it up and replayed it for the final version.
— Kirk Hammett learn
If a guitar is too easy for me to play, it makes me too laid back. I like to battle with my guitar.
— Kirk Hammett battle
For the 'Load' album, I was experimenting so much with tone that I had to keep journals on what equipment I was using. For 'Hero of the Day,' I know I used a 1958 Les Paul Standard with a Matchless Chieftain, some Boogie amps and a Vox amp - again, they're all blended.
— Kirk Hammett men
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 the best record possible. It's a shame.
— Kirk Hammett music
For a while I was collecting Satan and devil stuff - you know, anything that had to do with old Beelzebub or Lucifer. But I had to put the brakes on it, because there's a lot of stuff out there, and the collection was just growing too quickly.
— Kirk Hammett evil
Guitar playing is both extremely easy for me and extremely difficult for me at the same time.
— Kirk Hammett time
I fix things all the time. Every time I do a solo, I re-check it and correct things that don't hit the mark.
— Kirk Hammett time
For 'Death Magnetic,' I used what I always use, which is my standard touring rack, which is filled with some Boogie stuff and a Marshall that I've had forever.
— Kirk Hammett forever
Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it - 'St. Anger' being the fire and 'Death Magnetic' being the phoenix.
— Kirk Hammett sin
There's something about a wah pedal that really gets my gut going! People will probably say, 'He's just hiding behind the wah.' But that isn't the case. It's just that those frequencies really bring out a lot of aggression in my approach.
— Kirk Hammett will
When I see my kids totally into their Legos, it brings me back to the days I was hanging out and playing with my monster models. It brings me there in a second.
— Kirk Hammett ego
One of my favorite horror films of the Nineties was 'Event Horizon.'
— Kirk Hammett horror
After months of playing air guitar to Free Bird, what really got me into guitar was watching a documentary about Jimi Hendrix and picking up the Woodstock soundtrack. Listening to his version of Star Spangled Banner and Purple Haze. My brother played acoustic guitar and, idolising him, I thought, Im going to get a guitar.
— Kirk Hammett men

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