... Through Metallica James has helped redirect my life and give it new direction. With that in mind I would like to tell you exactly how he influenced me. Through his talent as a songwriter as well as the ability to sing and play the guitar with outstanding ability he made his entrance into my life ... through his guitar I said "I want to do that." Within a year I had my first guitar and knew many songs. It was this love of playing the guitar which kept me away from my friends who, at that time where starting to get into drugs. I believe that without James songwriting influence I would have...

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... "I just needed someone to talk to. You were just too busy with yourself. You were never there for me to express how I felt. I just stuffed it down. Now I"m older and I feel like I could let some of this anger fade. But it seems the surface I am scratching is the bed that I have made ... Bee Gee's wrote a great hit called "Stayin" Alive." That song is about keeping one's spirits up, no matter what comes along. Whether it is a love song, or an uplifting song, the 70's is marked by wholesome and cheerful music. During the 80's, bands started perpetuating a phase of new and unique music ... ...

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