“My musical tastes change every week.” — Kirk Hammett Quote

“My musical tastes change every week.”

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

“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.'”

“There comes a time in everybody's musical career that you have to regroup and reinvent yourself.”

“I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.”

“I love musical theater. That's what I started off to do when I was 7, and my first show was 'Peter Pan.'”