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" A great way to get your rhythm playing together is to work with a drummer, preferably someone that has a good groove and plays solidly in time. "

Zacky Vengeance

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" That is one thing about playing with Guns N' Roses and Metallica: everyone wants to interview you. "

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" We wanted to incorporate lights and the like to really accentuate the music. We play mostly small venues, so we don't use it overboard by any means. The most important thing is the music. I think we do a good job of letting that show. "

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" Mike Elizondo had an incredible array of guitars in the studio, but they were all right-handed. "

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" I've always loved big riffs and chunky guitars. "

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" I think we are really in touch with what's going on around us in the world of music, trying to push the bar forward and try new and exciting things that our fans can react to. "

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" There are so many people involved in making an album, and naturally, all you want to do is show it to your friends and family. You just can't do any of that because all it takes is one morsel of information on the Internet. Within seconds, it's around the whole world. "

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" We have been harnessing every aspect of what makes Avenged truly unrelenting and building off of that. "

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" I think people have the right to love whoever they want, and I think that women have the right to do whatever they wish to their bodies given the circumstances. "

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" Just by nature, we're always filled with so many ideas and want to cram as many ideas into a song as we can, and I think that gave us a lot of our signature sound. "

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" Basically, everything I've learned on guitar, I've learned from listening to my favorite albums. I never had any formal training. My teachers were Dimebag Darrell and Slash and the guys in Rancid and Slayer. "

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" To be honest, we never, ever let business weigh down the creativity of this band. "

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" Everyone likes to have fun. But when I look back on my life, I'm not going to say, 'Oh, we're the crazy party animals.' I'll look back and say, 'Wow, we did take this seriously.' We had fun while we were out doing it, but it's just the only thing you read about: 'They're a bunch of party animals.' To be honest, that's not true. "

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" We're focused on making our fans happy, keeping each other happy, so we can do this forever. "

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" When we were recording, sometimes I wondered if what we were doing would even be possible to play live. "

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" When you see a band, you want to see characters. "

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" I can't honestly say with a straight face that every Avenged Sevenfold album is my favorite. "

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" We're trying to do something nobody else is doing right now. "

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" After 'City of Evil,' the world was still kind of apprehensive about Avenged Sevenfold. They didn't know if we were a serious band or just some kids trying to play really ambitious music with crazy guitar parts that would be here one minute and gone the next. "

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" Once you can get a fan to listen to an album a handful of times and really have a lot of substance for them to grasp, then you're looking at having a fan that really appreciates what you do for life and can appreciate coming to see it live. "

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" What makes Avenged so exciting to me musically is that people either love us or hate us, but nobody sounds like us. "

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" The first review our band ever got - when I was 17 years old and we had just released our first EP, and this tiny little magazine wrote a review on it, and for that month, we were the best album of the month, and we were also the worst album of the month. We won best and worst album of the month in the same magazine. "

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" When we were trying to come up with a concept for our music video for 'The Stage' we basically run through a lot of different ideas, and ultimately, I sat and studied the lyrics that Matt had written - and they really resonated with me. "

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" This country is filled with remarkable people. One of my best friend's families is from Iran, and they're the most American family of all time. Some of the best people that I've ever met are immigrants. "

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" I remember what it felt like when I was young, and I looked up to someone, and they would pay me just an ounce of attention. And some of the bands I listened to when I was young probably never even sold any albums, but it didn't matter to me. If I'd go up and say, 'Great show,' it would be amazing that they even would acknowledge me. "

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" We had to take full advantage of the fact that we wanted to be one of the most creative bands out there that's getting backed by one of the biggest companies. "

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" I can honestly tell you, if it wasn't for our fans, there would not be Avenged Sevenfold right now. "

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" I think there's a whole group of kids out there that don't relate to the glitz and glamour of hanging out in clubs and partying all the time. So I think some people are just more real than that, and I think our fans are those kind of kids that need something to relate to, and I think we're the band to do it. "

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" With any success, a lot of voices come out, and you start hearing a lot more opinions on the matter. We've provoked very strong reactions in both directions since day one. "

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