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" I don't think it's right that there's one set of rules for one individual and another set of rules and laws for another individual. That's not the way the world should work. "
Rob Halford
World
Work
Way
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" I discovered that I was gay when I was about nine or ten. I did go out with girls for a while, but it didn't last. "
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" With 'Defenders,' we had some very barebones ideas, but the bulk of it came together very quickly over in Ibiza. The main thing I like about that record, looking back on it now, is the change in the texture of the production from 'Screaming For Vengeance.' "
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" That's the life, really, isn't it? You write. You record. You play. And it never grows old. "
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" It's a very empowering kind of music, heavy metal is. "
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" If you go to the gym every day, it's not really good. Your muscles get fatigued. Your vocal cords are muscles - they get burned out, they get tired, so you've got to give them the chance to recover and repair during the night. "
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" As soon as I got my driver's license, I went crazy, and I got the Ford Cosworth, which was this limited edition street racing turbo. It was like this 200-miles-an-hour monster. "
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" Criticism, maybe cynicism, is just rampant in music, in creativity. Everybody has a perception and a set of opinions based on what that piece of music is doing to them internally. "
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" 'Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk,' that's my big Emperor album. "
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" I think my heart will always be made of metal, but it would be ignorant of me and kind of foolish to ignore the other emotional connections you can make in all kinds of music. "
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" I never tire of the drive from Phoenix to San Diego, and it is mostly desert, obviously, but you get different varieties of desert terrain. "
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" We're all people. We all need to just try and find a way to love each other and accept each other and try and make the world a better place. "
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" To have Judas Priest together? It's a real adventure, and we always feel excited when it's time to create a new record. "
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" When I was a kid, dealing with trying to discover myself, I didn't have anybody to talk to. I didn't have any Internet and didn't have any friends. You felt very alone and very frightened. "
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" The first thing I will say about looking after your voice is get a pair of in-ear monitors because one of the most common problems singers have is trying to hear themselves on stage. "
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" This overpowering relief of love conquering any kind of difficulty and hardship in life - that love is forever, even with people that we lost in the physical world. "
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" Some songs are dead easy, and others can be quite challenging. Other times, you just have to put it in the bin. "
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" Treating one bunch of people this way, and treating this bunch that way. You can't do that. You have to give everybody the same rights. "
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" It's your human right to push back against something you disagree with. You do that by voting for that guy instead of that guy, or that lady instead of that lady. "
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" If I was a billionaire, I'd have a warehouse full of Ferrari and Lamborghini, but I'm not. "
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" The thing about rock & roll, and the black leather biker jacket - it automatically creates an idea about what that person might be about, about their musical taste or their attitude. "
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" I think I'm still a lone wolf, internally. And I always will be. "
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" I like Avenged Sevenfold and Five Finger Death Punch, with whom I did a single. "
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" When you're a musician, one of the things that comes to you in the beginning that is quite unexpected is the reaction from your fans, and to the way your music plays an important part in their life in figuring things out. "
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" I love early blues like Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf. I listened to the way these people sang, and it was just beautiful - straight from the soul. That, for me, was an inspiration. "
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" I love heavy-metal music more than anything in the world, but I'm equally drawn to Michael Buble or Michael Feinstein. "
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" If you look at the history of the LGBTQ community, from my perspective growing up as I did in the U.K. in the '50s, there was just terrible, terrible discrimination, you know? It was extremely difficult to live your life as you should have been allowed to do. "
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