Jeff Hanneman

To us, being the bad guys is cool, because we always root for the bad guys in the movies.

— Jeff Hanneman

My fascination with war is because my dad was in World War II, and my brother was in Vietnam.

— Jeff Hanneman

The intent of Slayer's musical and lyrical content has always been selfish. We feel very strongly about the importance of staying true…

— Jeff Hanneman

I love hockey, and I go to a lot of the games.

— Jeff Hanneman

Me and my dad were so much alike that we would just butt heads. I pretty much hated him from the age…

— Jeff Hanneman

Lyrics are always the last thing to get done.

— Jeff Hanneman

We've met so many people you'd never even suspect of being Slayer fans: suits, lawyers, and people like that.

— Jeff Hanneman

The majority of our fans are dudes. And the chicks you do see at our shows are probably there because of a…

— Jeff Hanneman

Pro Tools rules. You get the opportunity to try more things because you don't waste so much time trying to get the…

— Jeff Hanneman

My first guitar was a Les Paul that I bought off a friend for 500 bucks. I worked a long time to…

— Jeff Hanneman

It's nice to be respected, but it doesn't really matter. What's important is that if I wasn't in Slayer, it's still the…

— Jeff Hanneman

We read a lot from the Satanic bible. It's not quite the opposite of the normal bible - a lot of its…

— Jeff Hanneman

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

— Jeff Hanneman

I like playing guitar I don't like talking about it. I like writing riffs, I don't like explaining them.

— Jeff Hanneman

Play as much as you can. That's what I had to do because of my inexperience. And don't get frustrated.

— Jeff Hanneman

When we started writing this kind of music in the beginning, I didn't think that many people would listen to it, but…

— Jeff Hanneman

I have a method of working on music: I'll get up in the morning and throw down some drums on my drum…

— Jeff Hanneman

When we started, I was just having fun with it I didn't even know about doing it for a living. It was…

— Jeff Hanneman

Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith weren't polite. They were against the grain. And that's what we want our music to be: rude, aggressive... like…

— Jeff Hanneman

There's always a need for our kind of music. It's an outlet. You can only listen to so much pop and you…

— Jeff Hanneman

Angel of Death' is like a history lesson, but as soon as we released it everybody was calling us Nazis. Our singer's…

— Jeff Hanneman

I'm sticking with the Heinekens, but doing a few shots here and there.

— Jeff Hanneman

'Angel Of Death' was a big problem. I remember getting a phone call after the album was done: Sony wasn't going to…

— Jeff Hanneman

I'm pretty much an atheist, so I'd say this world is the only thing we got.

— Jeff Hanneman

I actually have only one Jackson! ESP makes all of my guitars now. But that Jackson was probably the last one I…

— Jeff Hanneman