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I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction.

— James Hetfield

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Dying, dying, someone told me just recently, dying is easy. Living is hard. for everyone.

Everybody is born good and everybody has got the same size soul. We're here to connect with that.

Are you saying it's too loud? It's got to be loud. You're supposed to feel it all over.

If I hadn't have had music in my life, it's quite possible I could be in here. Or nor even in here, be dead — and I'd much rather be alive.

Lars would talk his way into their pants. Kirk had a babyface that was appealing to the girls. And Cliff; he had a big dick. Word got around about that, I guess.

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