I've got so much material; like, it feels as if every day I'm coming up with so many riffs.

Without Metallica, I wouldn't be doing what I am doing. I have every Metallica record, of course, and I would spend hours on drums in my parents' basement with the stereo behind me, cranking those records and learning Lars' drum beats, beat by beat.

I think that no matter how old you get, you are always learning about yourself.

The music has always been the first and foremost element in our career.

I'd seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn't use them necessarily as inspiration.

I don't think it's right to define films as commercial or art house. What's important is that a film evokes a certain emotion when it's being watched.

I think I draw my inspiration from a lot of conversations that I had with people or my friends and combine them together with my own personal experience.

You can be a sex symbol through music or film. Hey, there are some politicians that are sex symbols. Is that something you should fight? No. Sex is very natural.