METALLICA - JASON NEWSTED QUOTES / ZITATE

“When I came into Metallica, I had to do justice to Cliff's work, but I also had to put my own signature on it. No one could be Cliff Burton; Cliff Burton was the Jimi Hendrix of bass.”

-Jason Newsted

“The managers suggested that we have a therapist come in. A man that meets with pro ball teams, you know, big-ego, big-dollar guys that can't get along, but have to make some kind of entity flow, so everybody else can make the money. I actually said, "I think that this is really fucking lame, weak, that we can't get together. Us! The biggest heavy band of all time! The things we've been through and decisions we've made... and this? We can't get over this?"”

-Jason Newsted

“'I don't want to grow up', Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as long as I want to. I play loud music and scream for a living.”

-Jason Newsted

“I tell you very honestly, 1 billion percent, I have never regretted leaving Metallica.”

-Jason Newsted

“Yes, we sell out...every seat in the house, every time we play, anywhere we play.”

-Jason Newsted

“Metallica is going to be one of those bands you look back on in the year 2008, that people will still listen to the way I still listen to Zeppelin and Sabbath albums.”

-Jason Newsted