We Wanted To Offer Something

I'm Very Fortunate To Be Doing The Thing I Do Best, Which Is Play Guitar. There Aren't Many Other Things I Could Do.

We Wanted To Offer Something New To Our Audience. I Hate It When Bands Stop Taking Chances.

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.

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.

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.