It is just that heavy metal musicians write in minor keys, and when you do that, you frighten people. — Ronnie James Dio Copy Share Image
My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!' — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
There are no apologies for being a female in heavy metal and especially not in 2019. — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
“...raucous heavy metal of punk guitars screeching like robots put to the rack...” — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
We can't believe how many gays there are in heavy metal, people like... — Biff Byford Copy Share Image
For me, Gothic is something from my youth, when I had a heavy metal phase. — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
I love heavy metal, Metallica. I'm into Jefferson Starship and acid rock. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
Venom was a joke in the '80s, their heavy metal music sucked big time, and I really have no interest in them… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one. — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
On our first album, 'Sounding the Seventh Trumpet,' we were listening to more obscure heavy metal bands and hardcore bands. — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should be an… — Ginger Baker Copy Share Image
At 15, I started listening to hard rock and heavy metal, but I would say it was more hard rock because I… — Rick Rubin Copy Share Image
Folk music has been our popular music... There is a myth that youngsters only like heavy metal or rock music, but that's… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
Heavy metal is a universal energy -- it's the sound of a volcano. It's rock, it's earth shattering. Somewhere in our primal… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I think that it's easy to target a heavy metal band for inciting violence or making kids turn to a cult than… — Sam Dunn Copy Share Image
One of the songs we recorded for 'The Long Run' was called 'You're Really High, Aren't You?' Which never really made it… — Don Felder Copy Share Image
“After a moment I realized it was simply Fred Durst and the group Limp Bizkit—Shitload’s favorite band. They’re the ones who invented… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“But when one gets up in the morning and explicitly decides to paint oneself into oblivion behind a screen of booze, dark… — J. Thorn Copy Share Image
I started out in a heavy metal band with a guy who could really play guitar, and I thought the only thing… — Robert Pollard Copy Share Image
I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
I was always into classical music and opera because I played the piano as I went through school and was very interested… — Kristian Nairn Copy Share Image
One good thing about a good book or a good film, or maybe even a song, I'm not a musician but I… — Kleber Mendonca Filho Copy Share Image
“Things began to go wrong when I was seventeen. My band’s twenty-year-old lead guitarist earned seven years in jail for a drug-fuelled… — Mark Rice Copy Share Image
We are one of the last heavy metal bands. Iron Maiden has always been unique. — Adrian Smith Copy Share Image
Usually when I'm mad, I'd rather listen to angry music than soothing music - more heavy metal, some Metallica or something. — Matt Kenseth Copy Share Image
I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motivational. I… — Peter Steele Copy Share Image
A lot of people are surprised by my love of heavy metal. I fell in love with heavy metal almost before any… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I saw 'Heavy Metal' the movie, and my mind was blown. I loved the idea that you… — Dan Fogler Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with heavy metal, Van Halen, Motley Crue. The older I got, my tastes widened.… — Panos Cosmatos 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
I'd rather be B.B. King. That's the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
I always dreamt of being in 'Kerrang.' That was my ambition. I read that religiously when I was into heavy metal. Then… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
The same sensations that you get in heavy metal are in horror movies. Heavy metal sounds evil and horror movies are evil,… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
I think its disgraceful to align that first Led Zeppelin record with heavy metal because its far, far better, but you know… — Glyn Johns Copy Share Image
The misunderstanding out there is that we are a 'hard rock' band or a 'heavy metal' band. We've only ever been a… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
We've played all sorts of weird and wonderful places. You do all kinds of venues from heavy metal places in Germany to… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
I would say that I'm very proud that Metallica plays heavy music - but equally proud that we don't think like a… — Lars Ulrich Copy Share Image
The Pandoras began as a '60s punk group. Then they went pop, then metal. When they went metal, I quit because I… — Kim Shattuck Copy Share Image
