Metal needs to be exposed to more people, so it's good for rock if there's bigger bands. — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
For me, a band like Gojira brings something really cool and new to the table. — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
It really does help everyone when there are some big bands leading the charge. — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
Musically, I just like when people are knowledgeable about music and they can talk to you about it. — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I feel like my lyrics meander a little bit, and our songs are so big I need to write more words… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
If we can inspire a kid to pick up a guitar - and less and less kids are doing so these days… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
Always from day one, we were the band on Warped Tour with a fog machine, and our backdrop had to be up… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
When you look at metal, it's probably one of the healthiest genres when you look at it in a worldwide perspective -… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
We always want to do covers, but we found it kind of boring to do covers of bands in our genre, and… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people just want to be more extreme than the next band or the next person, and that's all… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
I feel like our whole discography up through 'Hail to the King' was young, fun, and exciting. It was aggressively driven. 'The… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
Our band has always been really big on imagery. We've kind of used that as one of our strengths; we tend to… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
People want things now. People in the rock world seem to not want to give it to them - they want to… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
The 'Black Album' was my real first introduction to Metallica. I was, like, 12 or 13 at the time. We were just… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
The world is changing, and the way we consume music is obviously changing. I was one of the biggest CD advocates you… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
When we were writing the 'Stage' album, we realized we'd never really done proper covers, where we were taking songs and making… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
I was talking to my dad about the stuff he grew up listening to, and 'Operation: Mindcrime' is a record that he… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
The first Maiden record I ever got was 'Piece of Mind,' and I only got it because I thought the artwork was… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
People think this is a competition between bands, when the reality is the more successful bands the better. — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
As we develop, I just see us following our heart on this musical journey. — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
We really like having songs where we think the arrangement is just as important as the melodies, even though they're typically not. — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
If you're going to put out a record just to get a No. 1 and then forget about it after the first… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
One thing that was frustrating to us, always, was having to do so much press building up an album, and you're asked… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
We grew up with every type of band from Primus to Mr. Bungle to Elton John to pop music to metal, and… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
A lot of the metal bands that were around when Metallica put out 'The Black Album,' now they're playing clubs, and Metallica… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
The metalcore has been left behind. It's not something that any of us find enjoyment in listening to, so it's obviously not… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
I'm glad that we can add something new to the fold that Metallica's not going to bring to the table, and they're… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
Ever since 'Hail to the King,' we've been more cognizant of our chord progressions, our key changes, drama in songs, a lot… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
It's important to know the ins and outs of the music business, but you can also dive too deeply into it and… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
Every once in a while, we can touch somebody's life in a way just by writing a melody or writing some music,… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
We just found that in 2016, if you announce a record, and it's coming out in three months, and you're just giving… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
If I was to play any song for anybody asking, 'What is metal about?' I'd just play 'Master of Puppets.' The progressions… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
I've said the Grammys messed up metal because it's not on TV. What I'm saying is when you're in a metal category,… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
Ever since 'Hail to the King,' we've been more cognizant of our chord progressions, our key changes, drama in songs, a lot of dynamics… — M. Shadows Copy Share
I think you gotta have balls to be an Avenged fan sometimes. A lot of our fans get hated on just as much as… — M. Shadows Copy Share
The first Maiden record I ever got was 'Piece of Mind,' and I only got it because I thought the artwork was cool, and… — M. Shadows Copy Share
When I'm by myself asking the questions that many of us do at some point in our lives, I look to the stars knowing… — M. Shadows Copy Share
If there's something I really like or a chord progression, I write a note in my Blackberry, and maybe a year later, I'll revisit… — M. Shadows Copy Share
I recall us selling out L.A.'s 5,000-capacity Gibson Amphitheatre and flying straight to Germany to play a 300-capacity room where we'd only sold 120… — M. Shadows Copy Share
I used to get a huge kick out of walking into a record store and finding something I didn't know was out. — M. Shadows Copy Share
People think this is a competition between bands, when the reality is the more successful bands the better. — M. Shadows Copy Share
Games helped me a lot when The Rev died. It was something I able to go do and stay in the house and not… — M. Shadows Copy Share
I'm kind of a geek when it comes to talking about chord structures or melody, so I always loved in-depth conversations with musicians about… — M. Shadows Copy Share
