I listen to a lot of metal. I'm like a teenager - I make playlists with, like, 200 bands on them. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
I really don't like writing lyrics. It's totally a mandatory thing. It's like homework. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
Sepultura had a political album like Chaos A.D. that concerned itself with politics and war. I continued that in some areas with… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
There were bands like Iron Maiden, but we wanted it heavier. We wanted to go radical, we wanted to go extreme. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
We treated 'Psychosis' like a labor of love from the beginning, from the selection of riffs - I spent like a month… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
There's a lot of modern stuff I really dig, like Melechesh or Italian death metal like Hour Of Penance and Bloodtruth. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
With 'Psychosis' we didn't want to have any silence on the record so the whole record plays like this one song. We… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
A lot of what we sing concerns the Brazilian way of life. The stuff I write is reality, everything I see. That's the stuff… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
We treated 'Psychosis' like a labor of love from the beginning, from the selection of riffs - I spent like a month just doing… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
I think the first Soulfly album is one of the strongest records I've ever made. It was definitely the most difficult album to record.… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
Nailbomb was never really a big record. It's big in the underground. It's huge and it developed a big cult following. — Max Cavalera Copy Share
Some people love 'Roots;' some people hate 'Roots.' Some people only like the old stuff. Some people want me to play like I did… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
It's hard to get at first. I think the first time you listen to 'Chaos A.D.,' you're not sure exactly what you just heard.… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
I never let whatever - people or ideas or opinions - get in the way of something that is in your head, or is… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
A Clockwork Orange' was one of my favorite movies as a teenager. I had a big poster on my wall in Brazil. — Max Cavalera Copy Share
When we did the 'Roots' tour with Cavalera Conspiracy, it was more flashy. It was supposed to be a big deal because it was… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
I don't know if people know this, but I kind of got Fear Factory signed with Roadrunner. I really bugged Monte Conner back in… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
The whole 'Roots' thing is a very confusing time in my life, because I don't think I knew how to deal with the whole… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
We normally use Peavey amplifiers, and I use an ESP guitar with two Boss pedals: a flanger and a big wah pedal. My sound… — Max Cavalera Copy Share
