I loathe rock stars. I am a music nerd, a fan, a follower... just like any fan of music might be. And although I have blood-relatives, a lot of times I feel closer to my audience than my true family,… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
I went from being a kid-kid, listen to everything from The Beatles through Kiss, Peter Frampton, Jethro Tull classic rock, classic stuff into immediately, it seemed like, Iron Maiden and stuff like that. The first Iron Maiden record and then,… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
I am the type that cannot stay put in living in the past and solely in the past. It's not healthy and it doesn't… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
There's always something going on, but thank goodness these days it's with a clear head, which helps me massively. — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
Everyone's gonna have their opinion, everyone's gonna have their favorite bands. The best way I can describe it is music is like food, either… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
Music is there for us to explore. To intentionally limit yourself to one, two, or three genres is limitation at its worst. Music is… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
It seems like if you are not painted up special way or have some tailor made outfit to put on to go out on… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
I've heard too many times where people say that I'm this ultra-serious guy. In truth, I've got an extremely absurd sense of humor. I… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
Honestly, I got the best of both worlds: groove of New Orleans meets the intensity of Texas. That's the best education I could have,… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
I think anyone who suffers from chronic pain can agree with this - you feel this great significance. What I wanted to capture was… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
I don't care at all about the mainstream; I don't care about popularity contests; I don't care about who's got the biggest-selling album; and… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
I tried to take heavy metal... and balled it up and chopped it in half and really tried to create a new form of… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
The lead guitar work is a bit repetitious, but when a song is under two minutes long, I don't have much room anyway. Thank… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
Knowing what you're up against is part of the strength of writing something that is even, I guess, considered halfway original, knowing what's out… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
