Lars Ulrich Quotes

It's one of the things about being a person with a public presence, to get to lend your name to a worthy cause.

The people need to know about guys like John Moraga.

As far as my work for causes or social issues, that's something I'm doing as a private citizen.

I feel I need to really think about whether there's a way to use what skill I have to address things that outrage me, like the 13 year old girl getting stoned to death. Because I don't think making a movie is going to help that, or change that.

Every woman who has any margin of time or money to spare should adopt some one public interest, some philanthropic undertaking,or some social agitation of reform, and give to that cause whatever time and work she may be able to afford.

Americans of good-will, the nice decent church people, the well-meaning liberals, the good hearted souls who themselves wouldn't lynch anyone, must begin to realize that they have to be more than passively good-hearted, more than church goingly Christian, and much more than word-of-mouth in the liberalism.

I use my fame now when I want to help a cause or other people.

We're going to do a lot of work on the inner cities, I have great people lined up to help.

I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community.

I intend to make Scientology as accessible to as many people as I can.

I've had a large gay following for many years and have been quite aware of that.

The great thing about 2017 is that, because of the terrible political state that we're in and that America is in, young people are so vocal at the moment about so many issues, from racism to LGBT rights to beyond. I feel like - especially when I look at my fan-base - people are so vocal about their opinions and so vocal about spreading love. That's really important, and I think it's really amazing that people are talking about that. I just want that to keep happening.

I've always been generous and like giving to charities and people in need.

I am a breast cancer survivor. I was intrigued to learn how many people prefer to talk to someone if they are familiar with their face, like an actor or a politician. So, I began traveling around the country and doing speeches.

To do peace, you must get up off your apathy.

Today’s generation of young people holds more power than any generation before it to make a positive impact on the world.

I am really quite proud of most of the people I " know who have "made it," who do things to help people.

The WWE has a massive outreach on social media, and our fanbase is very vocal. So many young people watch the WWE, and I can turn around and say: "This also happens to me. Daily." I've been regarded as a very "controversial" figure, but in a setting like this, where I talk to young people, it helps.

I've been doing music for many years and after a point what is the motivation that drives you to compose and to do stuff? I did this song for the U.N., a fighting for poverty anthem. That's when I realized that I could do a foundation. And when I started the foundation, it was basically to fight poverty and to help - that kind of stuff.

We need to help younger people recognize their own capacity to do good, and help them discover the rewards of generosity.

That's not to say that some of the new media is not advantageous. You can reach lots of folks with what Black Lives Matter is doing, mobilizing people. God bless them.

It's all about giving back, helping people and encouraging people. I love to do that.

What I can do is to go out and talk about the problems and solutions, make people aware of the scope of the problems, get them to become advocates for a turnaround, and convince them to develop an action plan, targeted to their community, to deal with young people. [They need to] find out what the kids want to do - dances, midnight-basketball leagues.

Fame is protection if you go to a scary place. Fame is fun. A lot of people don't say anything and you don't know they know who you are.

You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them.