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Kirk Hammett
American
Musician
About the author
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,
American
Musician
#Want
#Race
#Guitar
We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances.
Kirk Hammett,
American
Musician
#Hate
My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head.
Kirk Hammett,
American
Musician
Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.
Kirk Hammett,
American
Musician
I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!
Kirk Hammett,
American
Musician
#Death
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.
Kirk Hammett,
American
Musician
#Time
#Now
#Direction
#Guitar
I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.
Kirk Hammett,
American
Musician
#Fans
#People
#Success
#Being
#First
Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties.
Kirk Hammett,
American
Musician
#Guitar
I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs!
Kirk Hammett,
American
Musician
#Love
#Death