Scott Ian Quotes

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• Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be…
• I don't even know who that person was in the '80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and I don't even recognize myself.
• Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.
• A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and…
• At some point around '94 or '95, 'Rolling Stone' said that guitar rock was dead and that the Chemical Brothers were the future. I think…
• Theres a thousand other things I would rather spend money on than a car.
• When you're younger - duh - you don't really have the tools to deal with certain things in your life.
• I'm certainly not a practicing Jew. I would never claim, 'I'm Jewish.' That's not the first and foremost thing in my mind, as far as…
• Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out about bands. It's…
• I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the…
• My grandfather was Orthodox, and he was religious, but neither of my parents were. Of course, as they got older, it seems like they get…
• If someone wants to sticker a record for whatever reason, that's fine. But once it affects someone's opportunity to, you know, get that record, then…
• People think of Jews as the Woody Allen stereotype, the nebbishy kind of thing, but that's not the kind of Jews I know. I know…
• As big as Metallica are, they're still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they're still not U2 or Lady Gaga. It's…
• Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys.
• I've always been a true believer that if men had babies, nobody would be trying to tell them what they can and can't do with…
• I kind of live in this weird world where I am exposed to a lot of stuff, but then again I am not exposed to…
• What is it about a zombie that appeals to me? I don't know. Maybe that it's just the most possible - I don't know -…
• I love what I do, somehow I have been able to play in a band for my entire life and that is all I ever…
• I have enough to think about - I just don't ever want to have to think about my car.

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