Black Quote by Andrew W.K

I was really into metal when I was growing up. It was just something I thought I could do and wanted to try.

— Jeff Hanneman

When I was in high school, I listened to a lot of death metal bands.

— Amy Lee

I was a big fan of hardcore music growing up, black metal.

— Aleister Black

I like thrash metal and black metal, stuff like that.

— Ty Segall

I was picked on a lot as a kid because of the way I dressed. Metal and punk music got me through that. I…

— Machine Gun Kelly

I just happened to wind up in a metal band when I was 15.

— Chino Moreno

Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got…

— Anonymous

Heavy metal is not usually my thing. But I love everything. I love good music, period.

— Perez Hilton

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop.

— Tom Morello

Basically, death metal, as a musician on my part, it just changed everything as far as the technicality and where you could take music.

— Joey Jordison

Growing up, I was listening to a lot of Metallica, a lot of instrumental guitar music because I started out as a guitar player.

— Ludwig Goransson

My dad raised me on metal, but my first serious love was hip-hop.

— Ronnie Radke