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" Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion. "

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" Hard rock for me is AC/DC, Def Leppard, Tesla, Kiss. Metal tends to be louder, ruder, darker, like Judas Priest, Slayer, Iron Maiden. "

" Metal never goes away. It drifts in and out, but the true fans are always there for it. "

" Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing. "

" People sometimes tell me that I don't talk or act or look like a metal fan. Well, what does a metal fan look like? I've found people from all walks of life who love metal. "

" One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews. "

" Jon Bon Jovi is remarkable. "

" I am so appreciative of all the attention I've gotten, especially since I don't ever consider myself anything more than a fan. "

" In a way, Jersey really supports rock, maybe more than New York City and Long Island. I know plenty of bands that tour and do much better at Starland or other clubs in New Jersey than others in the tri-state area. "

" I wrote the music column in my high school newspaper. "

" I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library. "

" I'm a pretty big news junkie. "

" I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artists at various points in my career and sharing their stories and music with millions of fans on air through TV and radio. "

" Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong. "

" It's hard for people to realize now, but my gosh, when I was in school, you could not name a group that was less cool than Kiss. Going in to school with a Kiss T-shirt, you were asking for ridicule. In '77, they were one of the biggest bands in the world, but by '80, there was a severe backlash. "

" I have never said anything critical about Ozzy that he didn't say about himself many times. "

" I've always supported new music from classic bands, especially if it's good. "

" VH1 Classic is the destination for people who would be interested in a music talk show. "

" I've known Bret Michaels forever. "

" The biggest compliments I've heard about 'That Metal Show' are the ones from people that say that they don't even listen to this kind of music, but, 'We love watching the show.' "

" I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody. "

" To have survived in radio for 30 years is pretty remarkable. Even more remarkable is to have been able to do it in the same market I've lived in my whole life. "

" I have literally been working in music just about my entire life. "

" If you're not in a major city, many bands don't come your way, and you have to really travel to see them. "

" How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd. "

" My interviewing style and my approach to things is that, yes, it's okay to be sincere; it's okay to be yourself; it's okay to be real. "

" One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to and my passion, there are other things I enjoy. My first ever favorite band in my life before KISS was a power-pop band called The Raspberries. "

" I want to be the Letterman of metal. I want five nights a week, Monday to Friday, 11 to 12, live. I always shoot for the moon. "

" I've been urged by people forever to try and start a real Rock Hall of Fame. I've had some very, very preliminary discussions about doing it. Obviously, I can't do it myself, but there are a lot of people interested in that. "