During our formative years, it was all about, 'What did Metallica do?' and 'How do we do that?' and then you try… — Synyster Gates Find Copy Share Image
My fans, they know my dad as Guitar Guy or whatever, and he's kind of just this shredder that plays on my… — Synyster Gates Dad Copy Share Image
Everything from the lyrics to the production, solos to the writing - it's all democratic. At the end of the day, you… — Synyster Gates Day Copy Share Image
Lyrically, 'Planets' is the precursor to 'Acid Rain'; it's about a meteoric, intergalactic war that results in an apocalypse and the human… — Synyster Gates Acid rain Copy Share Image
If you write a country song, and it's the best song you've ever written but throw it out because you're a metal… — Synyster Gates Band Copy Share Image
Breaking Benjamin, talk about songwriting, I mean, some of the greatest songwriters of the modern era. And, obviously, it's a little heavier. — Synyster Gates Era Copy Share Image
If you want to do things right, you have to dig deep for that inspiration. — Synyster Gates Deep Copy Share Image
We're not gonna write a fusion song for Avenged Sevenfold, obviously, but I love having those elements and blending it in, and… — Synyster Gates Avenged sevenfold Copy Share Image
We're more about other things over odd timings: orchestration, composition, horn/vocal arrangements - that's where we get super weird. — Synyster Gates Composition Copy Share Image
We don't ever spread ourselves too thin. And sometimes it's a little bit to the chagrin of our fans; they don't get… — Synyster Gates Beatles Copy Share Image
Some people will basically just shred all over everything, even a ballad. I'm glad I wasn't born with that genetic chip -… — Synyster Gates Born Copy Share Image
We spent a lot of time in the studio. I mean, we've spent a lot of time on tour, too. — Synyster Gates Mean Copy Share Image
I was living out of my truck for a short while. My dad wanted to emancipate me at 16 and send me… — Synyster Gates College Copy Share Image
We wanted to do something really, really different, something next level, and use new technology and things. — Synyster Gates New Copy Share Image
Usually when we go in to cut demos, one of us will lay down some mumbling sort of stuff for the vocal… — Synyster Gates Come Copy Share Image
If I'm proud of one thing in my playing, it's being able to slow it down and focus on the melody. — Synyster Gates Being Copy Share Image
I think, back when I was younger, I was a lot more confident about certain things that I would write, and I… — Synyster Gates Band Copy Share Image
We spend a lot of time with MIDI keyboards and various processors, and we just figure it out. And all those things… — Synyster Gates Everything Copy Share Image
I'm a huge Weezer fan, and 'Pinkerton' is just a crazy, crazy neurotic album. — Synyster Gates Album Copy Share Image
Our singer, Matt, was reading Stephen Hawking and other physics-related books, and I was reading entrepreneurial books, and we all started discussing… — Synyster Gates Books Copy Share Image
I used my Schecter for all my rhythms and most of my solos, certainly the fast solos. — Synyster Gates Fast Copy Share Image
I wanted alot of tattoos but I never thought I was gonna be this rediculous. — Synyster Gates Inspirational Copy Share Image
I hope we're not the last of the Mohicans when it comes to putting on a big, crazy, over-the-top theatrical rock show. — Synyster Gates Big Copy Share Image
We're trying to leave no stone unturned, to push forward in every aspect of what it means to be a band. Because… — Synyster Gates Band Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be one-third of the player I am today if it wasn't for Avenged. They're an inspiring group of guys, and… — Synyster Gates Ability Copy Share Image
