Goals Quote by Ed Kowalczyk

At first we had a scary image of metal and it was hard to approach other artists.

— Yui Mizuno

In the long-run I think we lost some of our audience because of noise. I don't think people were ready for it, OK? And…

— Charlie Benante

The main thing was metal was scary. But thanks to Babymetal and being exposed to different types of music, we've learned to love metal.

— Yui Mizuno

We're trying to leave no stone unturned, to push forward in every aspect of what it means to be a band. Because this really…

— Synyster Gates

I think you can see that in the show. Music was my touchstone. Music is still much more important to me.

— Bruce McCulloch

It tore us up emotionally hearing someone say to the judge and the cameras that this is a band that creates music that kills…

— Rob Halford

Metal is the feeling of being an outsider, but still being part of something huge.

— Brian Posehn

Music was kind of a precious commodity growing up.

— Anderson East

In the beginning I thought that metal was something scary, but I learned how thoughtful and amazing metal is. I'm so honored to be…

— Suzuka Nakamoto

Music was our way of remembering our inner selves, our values.

— Alice Herz-Sommer

Music alone with sudden charms can bind The wand'ring sense, and calm the troubled mind.

— William Congreve

The whole idea is preserving the music and the art and not having us and our faces and our individual characters distract from that.…

— Justin Chancellor