I was living out of my truck for a short while. My dad wanted to emancipate me at 16 and send me… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
My favorite punk rock song is 'Linoleum' by NOFX. That's pure harmony, the coolest chord changes. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
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
Music is pretty much in my blood and it's definitely in my environment. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
We really wanted to circumvent that online learning curve, where it's virtually impossible to use words to explain music. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
Our music is being played on MTV and the radio. That's something that still blows us away. And we did it our… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
We have a lot of fun. There are no holds barred when it comes to writing music for us. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
He happens to be my father and an incredible musician. When he gets lucky, we let him into the studio for 20… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
It's very important to focus on the music first. That's always number one. But after that, it's extremely important to just have… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
Music is a beautiful thing to listen to. It is not a thing to preach to others about, it’s not a cause.… — 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… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
My father was a studio musician, played for a lot of people like Frank Zappa and a lot of R&B bands, and… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
Usually when we go in to cut demos, one of us will lay down some mumbling sort of stuff for the vocal… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
We're fans of stuff like Maiden, but I think we generally get it from weirder places. For me, the Eagles' 'Hotel California'… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
Just based on the primary adage of the necessity breeding innovation, it was just like 'Well, what makes me the guitar player… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
In a studio situation, I'm able to dig deep and come up with stuff that all the guys think fits the vibe… — 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
