Kirk Hammett Quotes

Clearly I'm really attracted to parts where there's a dark, sinister feel about them!

The sky was the color of Edgar Allan Poe's pajamas.

I have always been a dark writer.

I was kind of a dark kid. I loved Halloween, and I loved vampires and the black and white old monster movies.

I've always been drawn to spooky things, to the unusual, to things that are dark but in a friendly way.

Here is another marvy glimpse into the gothic basement that I call my mind.

"Dark Fantasy" was my long, backhanded apology. You know how people give a backhanded compliment? It was a backhanded apology. It was like, all these raps, all these sonic acrobatics. I was like: "Let me show you guys what I can do, and please accept me back. You want to have me on your shelves."

Since I was a kid, I've had this morbid fascination with dark and scary subject matter.

As a kid, I was a Hitchcock lover; I cared about the dark side of things.

The industrial thing came about mainly through giving up trying to write pop songs in the early '90s. I don't think I was ever very good at pop music and as soon as I stopped trying, and started to write more the things I loved, it became much heavier and more aggressive.

We've always had a dark atmosphere to our performances, so it sort of developed along those ways.

The Goth character was a difficult thing to get my head round. I'm not really a fan of Goth music. I'm more a piano and guitar man - that's what I love.

I like playing heavy metal music and pretending I'm a vampire in front of the mirror.

Vampires to me have always been very sexy.

I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs saves me from going completely gonzo.

'Blade Runner' was a comic strip. It was a comic strip! It was a very dark comic strip. Comic metaphorically.

For me, the majority of my music is really dark and to the point.

When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction.

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop.

I like dark places.

We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that.

Sometimes Queens' music is dark, but somehow it's ok to deliver it with a smile on your face because thing's are still going to kick in.

I'm busier than a busy person. People aren't scared to play this raucous, harsh music over radio speakers, so I think it's the perfect time to get in with some real serious, heavy bands.

I've always been attracted to darkness.

Who doesn't like to play Black Sabbath tunes!