Cliff Burton

• “To live is to die.”

• “Control your life through insanity.”

• “We do what we wanna do--if they consider that selling out… 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!