Kirk Hammett Quotes - Page 2

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• Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

  Kirk Hammett

  Hero, Guitar, Firsts

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• I'm not into that whole Satanic thing. It's just something to fall back on if you don't have much imagination. Singing you fiftieth song about having lunch with Satan--I'm not into it. It's silly.

  Kirk Hammett

  Song, Silly, Fall

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

  Kirk Hammett

  Way, Legs, Pedals

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• Basically I just had to say, 'Screw everyone around me - from now on I'm just gonna play what I think is important to me and our music.' So I gave the big finger to all the current trends in technical wizardry, and just went off and did what I felt was best for the songs.

  Kirk Hammett

  Song, Thinking, Play

  Guitar World, March 1992.

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• I went through a whole blues period in the Nineties, and that had some influence on 'Load' and 'ReLoad.'

  Kirk Hammett

  Influence, Periods, Whole

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• If I had unlimited funds, wall space and storage, I would collect a lot more things, like 'Planet of the Apes,' 'Star Wars,' science fiction stuff, autographs, and prop guns and weapons. I have to draw the line somewhere.

  Kirk Hammett

  Stars, Wall, War

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• It's definitely true that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my all-time favorite guitarists.

  Kirk Hammett

  Rays, All Time, All Time Favorite

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• 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.

  Kirk Hammett

  Fall, Player, Race

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• Horror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people weren't really interested in seeing horror movies, because they had the real horror right on their front doorsteps.

  Kirk Hammett

  Real, War, Home

  "Metallica's Kirk Hammett discusses vintage horror and geek bonding". Interview with Kenny Herzog, www.avclub.com. October 5, 2012.

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

  Kirk Hammett

  Fans, Levels, Metallica

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• 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

  Hero, Albums, Tone

  "Prime Cuts: Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett Critique Key Songs in the Band's Harsh, Noble History". The Guitar World Interview, www.guitarworld.com. August 4, 2014.

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• Ampeg made incredible guitar heads in the early Nineties and then stopped. And I don't know why. The one we used had a nice clean, warm sound, and it blended well with the other amps that were in the studio.

  Kirk Hammett

  Nice, Guitar, Sound

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• I love horror movies in space. I love it when the genre switches over and what was sci-fi becomes horror.

  Kirk Hammett

  Space, Horror, Sci Fi

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• 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

  Character, Together, Fans

  "Metallica's Kirk Hammett discusses vintage horror and geek bonding". Interview with Kenny Herzog, www.avclub.com. October 5, 2012.

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• Getting sequestered and not really knowing what to do with your time and then discovering, 'Oh, I can watch a bunch of horror movies' has probably played out in a lot of people's discovery of horror.

  Kirk Hammett

  Discovery, Knowing, People

  "Metallica's Kirk Hammett discusses vintage horror and geek bonding". Interview with Kenny Herzog, www.avclub.com. October 5, 2012.

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

  Kirk Hammett

  Two, Sheep, House

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• It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos.

  Kirk Hammett

  Guitar, Fans, Solo

  "Extended Q&A: Kirk Hammett of Metallica". Interview with Brandy McDonnell, newsok.com. November 18, 2008.

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• I love 'True Blood.' I love 'The Walking Dead.' Those are fantastic series.

  Kirk Hammett

  Blood, Walking Dead, Fantastic

  "Metallica's Kirk Hammett discusses vintage horror and geek bonding". Interview with Kenny Herzog, www.avclub.com. October 5, 2012.

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• I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive.

  Kirk Hammett

  Self, Twenties, Destructive

  "Kirk Hammett of Metallica Discuss Their 1997 Album, 'Re-Load'". The Guitar World Interview, www.guitarworld.com. December, 1997.

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• The movie 'Black Cat,' from 1934, is one of my favorite movies.

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  Cat, Black, My Favorite

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• 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

  Temptation, Starting Out, Gains

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

  Kirk Hammett

  Hate, Band, Chance

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• Musically, there's a movement called the flatted fifth that's really evil-sounding. It was outlawed by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. That movement is what gives you a real evil sound that conjures up dark, fantastic images. It's like an audio horror movie. It personifies what a horror movie is about.

  Kirk Hammett

  Real, Dark, Evil

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• Much of my playing is rhythmic and choppy; I use a lot of double stops. The wah just accents all those stops and chops and brings out the rhythmic aspect that much more.

  Kirk Hammett

  Use, Accents, Aspect

  The Guitar World Interview, www.guitarworld.com. October, 1991.

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