Max Cavalera

A lot of what we sing concerns the Brazilian way of life. The stuff I write is reality, everything I see. That's…

— Max Cavalera

We treated 'Psychosis' like a labor of love from the beginning, from the selection of riffs - I spent like a month…

— Max Cavalera

I think the first Soulfly album is one of the strongest records I've ever made. It was definitely the most difficult album…

— Max Cavalera

Nailbomb was never really a big record. It's big in the underground. It's huge and it developed a big cult following.

— Max Cavalera

Some people love 'Roots;' some people hate 'Roots.' Some people only like the old stuff. Some people want me to play like…

— Max Cavalera

It's hard to get at first. I think the first time you listen to 'Chaos A.D.,' you're not sure exactly what you…

— Max Cavalera

My favorite instrument is a bemrimbau. I play that every night.

— Max Cavalera

I never let whatever - people or ideas or opinions - get in the way of something that is in your head,…

— Max Cavalera

A Clockwork Orange' was one of my favorite movies as a teenager. I had a big poster on my wall in Brazil.

— Max Cavalera

When we did the 'Roots' tour with Cavalera Conspiracy, it was more flashy. It was supposed to be a big deal because…

— Max Cavalera

We're not an American band, or a European band. We're a Brazilian band.

— Max Cavalera

I don't know if people know this, but I kind of got Fear Factory signed with Roadrunner. I really bugged Monte Conner…

— Max Cavalera

The whole 'Roots' thing is a very confusing time in my life, because I don't think I knew how to deal with…

— Max Cavalera

I like to share my metal with other musicians. It's very cool.

— Max Cavalera

We normally use Peavey amplifiers, and I use an ESP guitar with two Boss pedals: a flanger and a big wah pedal.…

— Max Cavalera

The vocals are aggressive not because I want to create an evil voice or anything like that, but because when I sing…

— Max Cavalera

When Sepultura played in B, because of Iggor's drumming, because of the way the songs are structured, it's very different from Korn.…

— Max Cavalera

I don't deny the influence from the first Korn record, which was something we listened to and liked a lot. I liked…

— Max Cavalera

My dad had a guitar but it was acoustic, so I smashed a mirror and glued broken glass to it to make…

— Max Cavalera

If I'm feeling down, I'll play stuff to get charged up - even better to hear heavier stuff.

— Max Cavalera

We know Faith No More from back in Brazil; when they played Brazil, we'd hang out with them and became good friends.

— Max Cavalera

Yeah, I always had the habit of translating a lot of Black Sabbath records - that's kinda like how I first learned…

— Max Cavalera

When we released 'Chaos A.D' it was really hard for a metal artist to survive. Everything was grunge. Everywhere you looked was…

— Max Cavalera

I listen to a lot of metal. I'm like a teenager - I make playlists with, like, 200 bands on them.

— Max Cavalera

I think all my anger and hate comes out in the music; that should be the way you channel these things. It's…

— Max Cavalera