Tom Araya

I would have to work on the song and figure out how they wanted the song done, because they're such high-intensity songs.…

— Tom Araya

I follow politics, but I don't like to discuss it.

— Tom Araya

Whatever had been on the radio in the '60s; I mean we were always listening to the radio

— Tom Araya

I had to be at least 8 or 9; I was listening to everything on the radio. You name it, I heard every song.

— Tom Araya

I write, I write, I always write.

— Tom Araya

People are not in good shape to where they have to question their own belief system because of a book or a…

— Tom Araya

As long as it's good music, that's what's important.

— Tom Araya

I think musicians have always been drinking and sharing a good wine. It is, I hate to say this, another form of…

— Tom Araya

Oh yeah, our first tour in Europe they wouldn't give me the time off from work.

— Tom Araya

To fans in a festival setting it's like a picnic. You want to have a good time with your friends in that…

— Tom Araya

I just don't write musically, but lyrically, yeah I write.

— Tom Araya

If it were bad songs, yeah, I'd speak up, but they're not bad songs.

— Tom Araya

Sometimes when I've gone out and murdered somebody I go and confess and stuff. And then God loves me again.

— Tom Araya

Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer

— Tom Araya

We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second…

— Tom Araya

Slayer has always been about the sound. We have to sound good. It has to be tight.

— Tom Araya

When this genre of music started in America, Metallica was up north in California, we were in Southern California, Anthrax was on…

— Tom Araya

Sometimes I'll sing the same verse through the entire song, because the other verses aren't clicking. And when they do come to…

— Tom Araya