If I'm proud of one thing in my playing, it's being able to slow it down and focus on the melody. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
I don't like using fourths and fifths. Instead, I'll come up with a harmony line made up of major and minor thirds above the melody, then I'll drop it down an octave so that the melody is on top and… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
During our formative years, it was all about, 'What did Metallica do?' and 'How do we do that?' and then you try and find… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
My fans, they know my dad as Guitar Guy or whatever, and he's kind of just this shredder that plays on my records sometimes.… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
Everything from the lyrics to the production, solos to the writing - it's all democratic. At the end of the day, you know, when… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
Lyrically, 'Planets' is the precursor to 'Acid Rain'; it's about a meteoric, intergalactic war that results in an apocalypse and the human species aligning… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
If you write a country song, and it's the best song you've ever written but throw it out because you're a metal band, you'd… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
Breaking Benjamin, talk about songwriting, I mean, some of the greatest songwriters of the modern era. And, obviously, it's a little heavier. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
If you want to do things right, you have to dig deep for that inspiration. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
We're not gonna write a fusion song for Avenged Sevenfold, obviously, but I love having those elements and blending it in, and having the… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
We're more about other things over odd timings: orchestration, composition, horn/vocal arrangements - that's where we get super weird. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
We don't ever spread ourselves too thin. And sometimes it's a little bit to the chagrin of our fans; they don't get albums... I… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
Some people will basically just shred all over everything, even a ballad. I'm glad I wasn't born with that genetic chip - the need… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
We spent a lot of time in the studio. I mean, we've spent a lot of time on tour, too. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
