Talk:Cliff Burton

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• Just fuckin' kill 'em all!
  • After Megaforce denied the original title, "Metal Up Your Ass", Cliff uttered the words which later became the title of Metallica's debut album.
• “To live is to die.”
• “Control your life through insanity.”
• “We do what we wanna do--if they consider that selling out then… Whatever.”
• “You don’t burn out from going too fast. You burn out from going too slow and getting bored.”
• "When I started, I decided to devote my life to it and not get sidetracked by all the other bullshit life has to offer"
• "Personally, I would say the 'master' of this whole thing is fate... Whoever is on the playing field is fair game, and it's up to them to avoid being used."
• "Every once in awhile we may fall on our face, but we insist on doing what we wanna do."
• "We do what we want...... We don't care what anyone else thinks" -- from Cliff 'em All
• Interviewer: What would you say to a band that's just starting out on the rock scene today?
  Cliff Burton: Quit!