Jason Newsted Quotes

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

To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places where you should probably look first before you start looking for it in a pop song. - Jason Newsted

The past is where its supposed to be. - Jason Newsted

It all has to do with art - writing, painting, things I've done for a long time but just never had enough time to pursue. I have poetry - things that are designed for songs, but they're always poems first. - Jason Newsted

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. - Jason Newsted

I wouldn't want to say never on anything like that, because it's fun to turn people's heads around with something like that. But we only have about 25 minutes of solid music of our own -- we could pull together a couple of covers or something like that and make a set for someone. If it presents itself, we'd look at it for sure. - Jason Newsted

I thought I'd do something nice for the band... I'll hang myself. - Jason Newsted

I tell you very honestly, 1 billion percent, I have never regretted leaving Metallica. - Jason Newsted

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