The last thing we wanted was a copycat. When we saw [Richie Faulkner] play, we thought, "We don't have to tell this… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
Metal fans are just as compassionate and caring and tolerant as any other form of music fans are. — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
As far as putting a rating on music like you do movies, I can see the common sense in that. — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
Heavy metal is always going to be there. At its core, it's all about a primitive connection we all need to keep… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
You've got to be able to compromise in a band; otherwise, somebody's more important than the next guy, and that's never been… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
Music is there to get you through life's ups and downs, good times and not so good times. — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
Some songs are dead easy, and others can be quite challenging. Other times, you just have to put it in the bin. — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
We're a rock n' roll band. We play heavy metal music. And we want to give you a great time. That's basically… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
Richie Faulkner is very respectful to the songs that he plays from when [founding member] K.K. [Downing] was in the band. He… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
I love early blues like Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf. I listened to the way these people sang, and it… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
It's best to keep things as free and open as you can. It's good to have a template, but then you go… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
All I've got on my iPod is every single Queen song and every single Judas Priest song. Queen were an incredible heavy… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
I was in several bands before I joined Judas Priest. Being in those early unknown bands were the stepping stones, really, so… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
'Firepower' is the eighteenth full-length studio album for Judas Priest. That's a lot of metal songs over the decades, and the writing… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
We're not a band that takes any kind of political stance. That's not what we're about as Priest. But we're observers of… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
When you have the thrill and the pleasure to do something that means so much, you'll do whatever you've gotta do to… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
The great thing about Priest, in all the years that we've been making heavy metal music, is that we've always kind of… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
We had to sit in this courtroom in Reno for six weeks. It was like Disneyworld. We had no idea what a… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
They were and still are a groundbreaking band. Even though they haven't released any new music in ages, you can put on… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
It tore us up emotionally hearing someone say to the judge and the cameras that this is a band that creates music… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I'm writing lyrics, it's a very loose train of thought, and wherever that takes me, I let it flow. — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
We can either rip your face up with 'Painkiller,' or we can play this beautiful thing called 'Last Rose of Summer' from… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
This band isn't mostly about being a political protest band. We want to entertain; we want to give you a good time.… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
All songs have a message whether it's I love you, do you love me or this government sucks in a basic format… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
For us Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp is bigger than the music. It is very much an experience that brings a lot… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
If you go to the gym every day, it's not really good. Your muscles get fatigued. Your vocal cords are muscles -… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
The thing about gay people is that until we come out of the closet, we're always protecting other people: 'I can't do this, because… — Rob Halford Copy Share
I think that the fact of the matter is that metal isn't really part of the big picture of the gay, lesbian, transgender music… — Rob Halford Copy Share
We've always tried to convey these strong messages of strength and power and doing good in the world and, at the same time, to… — Rob Halford Copy Share
When I come off stage, I just shut up. I try as best I can not to use my voice at all. You know… — Rob Halford Copy Share
If you go to the gym every day, it's not really good. Your muscles get fatigued. Your vocal cords are muscles - they get… — Rob Halford Copy Share
I love all that kind of gothic Bram Stoker kind of thing. I love to get lost in that kind of escapism. — Rob Halford Copy Share
The great thing about Priest, in all the years that we've been making heavy metal music, is that we've always kind of carried this… — Rob Halford Copy Share
On their debut, Korn brought a new definition of metal that was a game changer. — Rob Halford Copy Share
Hey everybody, this is Rob Halford from Fight wishing you all a crazy heavy metal Christmas and an insane, wild manic New Year! — Rob Halford Copy Share
If I was a billionaire, I'd have a warehouse full of Ferrari and Lamborghini, but I'm not. — Rob Halford Copy Share
I discovered that I was gay when I was about nine or ten. I did go out with girls for a while, but it… — Rob Halford Copy Share
You can't be dismissive of important things. You have to speak out, even if you don't get the results you would like to have. — Rob Halford Copy Share
All I've got on my iPod is every single Queen song and every single Judas Priest song. Queen were an incredible heavy metal band.… — Rob Halford Copy Share
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