Yes, the man in the flip flops and plaid shorts with the Armani bag said all the things below. He also plays in a heavy metal band. I promise.
“I remember back when I stood in line for 3 hours waiting for autographs, and when the star just hopped into his limo, and took off, I’d think ‘You dick, I hate you.’ I’d go home, rip down all his posters…”
-James Hetfield
“We can do whatever the fuck we want, really. We’ve got carte blanche. I mean, when we did ‘Fade to Black’, that was our first ballad and it really blew a few minds out there. People wrote us off then; ‘Fuck them! It’s over. It’s no longer speed metal.’ Okay, fine. You can feel that way. But fuck you, too.”
-James Hetfield
“You know, it’s not as different as I thought, which is kind of disappointing. But it’s fine. Everyone said, ‘Oh, your life is going to be totally different,’ and it’s the same. Which is good, in a way.”
-James Hetfield
“In the early days, when we were playing clubs around LA, people didn’t understand what we were about. ‘Oh,’ they’d think, ‘a God-damned punk band,’ and they’d throw chairs at us.”
-James Hetfield
“We’ve come here, TO KICK YOUR ASS!!! …That’s why you’re here, right?”
-James Hetfield
“Who gives a shit about autographs?”
-James Hetfield
“We didn’t fuckin’ set out to make history or whatever. Fuckin’ shit happens.”
-James Hetfield