"If I hadn’t of had music in my life, it’s quite possible I’d be dead and I’d much rather be alive." ― James Hetfield Topic(s): Music More From James Hetfield "We do this basically for ourselves. People appreciate it, which is cool, but I think they appreciate that we’re doing it for ourselves. We’re doing it our way, and how people like it is not up to us. We like it." "I like a women who’s got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that’s fine." More In Music "I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make."― Steven Patrick Morrissey "Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion."― Xun Zi "Those who won our independence… valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty."― Louis D. Brandeis