"People think of Jews as the Woody Allen……" — Scott Ian
"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 plenty of Israelis and plenty of tough guys that are Jewish. So, I think it makes sense that Jews play metal."
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31 Quotes by Scott Ian
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Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings…
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I don't even know who that person was in the '80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and…
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Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.
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A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with…
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At some point around '94 or '95, 'Rolling Stone' said that guitar rock was dead and that the Chemical Brothers…
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Theres a thousand other things I would rather spend money on than a car.
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When you're younger - duh - you don't really have the tools to deal with certain things in your life.
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I'm certainly not a practicing Jew. I would never claim, 'I'm Jewish.' That's not the first and foremost thing in…
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Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I…
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I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able…
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My grandfather was Orthodox, and he was religious, but neither of my parents were. Of course, as they got older,…
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If someone wants to sticker a record for whatever reason, that's fine. But once it affects someone's opportunity to, you…
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More Allen Quotes
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But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.
— Kathy Acker
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Woody Allen has a wonderful line: 'Today I'm a star. What will I be tomorrow? A black hole?' That's very…
— Marina Abramovic
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The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an…
— Jack Kerouac
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I'm like a fatter version of Amy Winehouse and a skinnier version of Lily Allen.
— Katy Perry
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[T]he Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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There was always news coming back to the quarter about someone who had been killed or sent to prison for…
— Ulysses S. Grant
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Don Knotts was a really big influence, especially on the Steve Allen show. I mean, look at the guy, his…
— Tim Conway
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I'm a big fan of 'Woody Allen' movies, so I like all the actresses in his movies like 'Diane Keaton'…
— Emily Perkins
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I was voted best-looking kid in high school but, as you can see, things changed. I used to say I…
— James Gandolfini
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When I can't sleep, I read a book by Steve Allen.
— Oscar Levant
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I tried to commit suicide one day. It was a very Woody Allen-type suicide. I turned on the gas and…
— Elton John
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Bob Dylan is out of the mentorship of Allen Ginsberg.
— Peter Fonda
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