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" I kind of have to bite my tongue sometimes with my lyrics. "

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" 'Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk,' that's my big Emperor album. "

" You have to let your musicians in your band be who they are. "

" The battle goes on for me; as a gay man, I shall not be happy until I see equality across the board. "

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" Running away from something doesn't do anything except put distance. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" That's the life, really, isn't it? You write. You record. You play. And it never grows old. "

" It doesn't matter how many records you've made; there's always a new experience you can get with a new producer. "

" Music is there to get you through life's ups and downs, good times and not so good times. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I pray quite a bit, actually. And even if you don't believe in prayer, just have a go. Pray for a good day, or just pray for your friend, or whatever it might be. And it's amazing, man, 'cause it absolutely works. I guarantee, it genuinely does work. "

" I was in several bands before I joined Judas Priest. Being in those early unknown bands were the stepping stones, really, so I learned a lot in those short few years jumping from one band to another. "

" Metal fans are just as compassionate and caring and tolerant as any other form of music fans are. "

" If I was a billionaire, I'd have a warehouse full of Ferrari and Lamborghini, but I'm not. "

" I'm not an American citizen, but I live in this country and eventually want to become an American citizen because I love this country so much. "

" It's fun for musicians to step into each other's world. It's like different football teams - it's the same game but a different play. "

" I like Avenged Sevenfold and Five Finger Death Punch, with whom I did a single. "

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" Oh, I've never gone off into that 'the room's not the right temperature, take this tea back' stuff. I still scrub my own toilet and vacuum the carpet, and I have to be able to push my trolley around Morrisons and do my shopping. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The thing about gay people is that until we come out of the closet, we're always protecting other people: 'I can't do this, because it's gonna hurt so-and-so.' We're trying to live the lives of other people, and that's the worst thing you can do. "

" I think that the fact of the matter is that metal isn't really part of the big picture of the gay, lesbian, transgender music scene. But it's certainly there. There's gay metalheads all over the world. "

" Don't put yourself on a pedestal. Because it's very easy for someone to knock you off. "