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"Cliff Burton was the man who had that wild spirit that makes a band like Metallica a quality band. He wasn't only the bass player, or someone else in the band who co-write the songs, he was the man who made Metallica reach the sky. After his death, Metallica sold their souls for fame and fortune, things that he will never wanted to deal with. He'd never allowed all that 'Black Album' to happen, and neither that damn 'Load' thing. When Metallica lost their bass player, they also lost their soul."-David Mart�nez

"When a man lies he murders some part of the world These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives All this i cannot bear to witness any longer Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home"- Cliff Burton: "To Live Is To Die"

"Cliff was so completely honest to himself and the people around him. He hated all this being-put-on-a-pedestal bullshit."-Lars Ulrich, 1986

"To this day, I think of him every day."-Kirk Hammett, 1988

"He was a great and very special talent.....Cliff's solos were absolutely brilliant."-Jason Newsted, 1988

"He was a wild, hippie-ish, acid-taking, bell-bottom-wearing guy. He meant business, and you couldn't fuck around with him. I wanted to get that respect that he had. We gave him shit about his bell-bottoms everyday. He didn't care. "This is what I wear. Fuck you." He loved music. He was really intellectual but very to the point. He taught me alot about attitude."-James Hetfield,1993

"We heard this wild solo going on and thought, 'I don't see any guitar player up there.' It turned out it was the bass player, Cliff, with a wah wah pedal and this mop of hair. He didn't care whether people were there. He was looking down at his bass playing."-James Hetfield

"I saw the bus lying right on him. I saw his legs sticking out. I freaked. The bus driver, I recall, was trying to yank the blanket out from under him to use for other people. I just went, 'Don't fucking do that!' I already wanted to kill the guy. I don't know if he was drunk or if he hit some ice. All I knew was, he was driving and Cliff wasn't alive anymore."-James Hetfield-1993

"I wasn't too angry in the beginning. I was obviously grieving, but the anger started setting in when I realized that it's not new that people in rock-n-roll die, but usually it's self-inflicted in terms of excessive drink or drug abuse. He had nothing to do with it. It's so useless. Completely useless."-Lars Ulrich, January 1987

"The Ultimate Musician, The Ultimate Headbanger, The Ultimate Loss, A Friend Forever"-The Zazulas

"Bell-Bottoms rule!! Laugh it up, We Miss You"-Anthrax

"I once called him up and said 'How do you like being a rock star?', and he was furious. He asked me never to refer to him that way again,"-Connie, His sister

"The only person who was able to figure out a time and write it on a piece of paper was Cliff. He had an immense knowledge of timing, musical harmonies and music theory in general."-Kirk Hammet- 1987

"Cliff's taken classes in school on music theory, things like mixing harmonies together. I think he took a junior college course."-James Hetfeild- 1986

"You don't burn out from going too fast. You burn out from going too slow and getting bored."-The Late, The Great Cliff Burton

Question: What would you say to a band that's just starting out on the rock scene today?

Cliff : Quit!