Jason Newsted Quotes

"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
(Related: People, Sabbath, Will)

"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
(Related: Music, Time, People, Play)

"I ended up gettin' a little Gibson amp and a bass, because of Gene Simmons of Kiss. Myself and three other kids would pretend to be Kiss - I liked Gene the best."
- Jason Newsted
(Related: Kiss, Kids)

"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
(Related: Art, Poetry, Time, First, Painting, Poems, Songs, Writing)

"All I want you to do is rock. That'll be forever, man."
- Jason Newsted
(Related: Man, Want)

"'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
(Related: Music, Living, Play, Want)