M. Shadows

Trying to impress people who hate you is just a big waste of time.

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We like to wait to a point where we have to get in there and write a record because we're just so…

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We don't want to become like country artists where there's a formula.

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We live in the realm where all the metalheads and rock fans know us, but we're not giants like Linkin Park or…

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For me, 'Far Beyond Driven' just had an oomph that kicked it over the edge and just pure aggression. And I always…

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When we were growing up, we listened to all sorts of music, but the first band that really grabbed all of us…

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The idea of turning an album into a living piece of art and adding new installations is really intriguing. It expands the…

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The thing about covers is that the first thing you're going to notice is the vocals, because it's not the same person.

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I got an email saying we were nominated for a Grammy, and I instantly thought it was a joke. So I started…

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A lot of times, people just want to be more extreme than the next band or the next person, and that's all…

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I feel like our whole discography up through 'Hail to the King' was young, fun, and exciting. It was aggressively driven. 'The…

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I know that sometimes we, as Americans, we reach outside of our means, and every once in a while we like to…

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We kind of reached this point in life where we don't really want to put out anything just to put something out.…

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When you look at metal, it's probably one of the healthiest genres when you look at it in a worldwide perspective -…

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We always want to do covers, but we found it kind of boring to do covers of bands in our genre, and…

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One thing I loved when I was growing up, you maybe saw one review from a magazine like 'Rolling Stone,' but now…

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Honestly, I never thought we'd get a nomination for a Grammy, period. To be honest, we felt that if we were ever…

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The song 'Paradigm' talks about nanobots - and how they can potentially be used to cure diseases and help you live forever.…

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When you think of rock and roll and metal, a lot of it is based around the riff. If you can sing…

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To me, a lot people really get wrapped up in the technical side of metal and what's metal and what's not and…

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I was talking to my dad about the stuff he grew up listening to, and 'Operation: Mindcrime' is a record that he…

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Someone sent me an article on AI that was written by Tim Urban on the website Wait but Why - that was…

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The first Maiden record I ever got was 'Piece of Mind,' and I only got it because I thought the artwork was…

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I think one of the biggest sleepers that people are going to be able to dig into later is 'Fermi Paradox,' it's…

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Sometimes, I feel like my lyrics meander a little bit, and our songs are so big I need to write more words…

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Metal needs to be exposed to more people, so it's good for rock if there's bigger bands.

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What made 'Dark Side Of The Moon' so great is some of the mystique and where it was coming from and just…

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We're really excited to be even talked about in the same breath as Foo Fighters or Metallica.

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Most people know we're kind of one of the only bands around right now that will admit that we're Republican.

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I wanna write a classic metal record, a classic rock record, in 2013.

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Censorship, telling people how to live their lives I completely disagree with.

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Music and space collide for me, as I find them incredibly stimulating.

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I used to get a huge kick out of walking into a record store and finding something I didn't know was out.

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I want to stay away from trends and do what we want to do musically.

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Unless someone physically tries to attack me, I don't care what anyone does.

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No. 1 records are fine, but in 2016, they just don't mean as much any more - the currency has changed.

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As we develop, I just see us following our heart on this musical journey.

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People think this is a competition between bands, when the reality is the more successful bands the better.

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I saw The Rev the other night and he was on like four different things. He was like, Dude, Ive been gone…

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The reality is you either step into the future, or you become a dinosaur.

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