I wouldn’t say that we’re proactively out there hunting down brands to try to fulfill some piece of a larger battle plan or something. If they have things they want to get to us, we’re somewhat easily accessible through our managers and record companies.

I don’t like to be pigeonholed, and I really like that people never really know what’s going on with Metllica.

The day Metallica’s over, i’m not going to put an ad looking for another band. I’ll put my drumsticks on the shelf and there’s 14 other things I wanna try. Metallica’s the only band I’ve ever been and it’s the only I ever wanna be in.

One of my few shortcomings is that I can’t predict the future.

I’m just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.

This isn’t about fans, greed or money. It’s about being morally right or wrong. Nobody is governing the way music gets from artists to fans. It’s all running amok.

Metallica’s the only band i’ve ever been in. I’m not sure that when it ends in five, ten years, I’m going to put an ad in the paper saying, ‘stupid drummer looking for stupid people to play music with,’ Metallica is it and I think when that ceases, that’s it.

I guess that seeing yourself on a screen is something that you get used to. Let’s face it, these days, there’s really nothing that you do that doesn’t get filmed.

The worst day of my life was once that my mom didn’t allow me to go to a Queen concert because I was grounded.

As long as it says Metallica on the record it’s Metallica.