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" I think, as long as people have a strong opinion, whether they love or hate us, I think we're doing something right. "
Zacky Vengeance
Love
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Think
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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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" We've shown everyone we are musicians first and foremost: we'll produce our own albums and play The 100 Club. We earned people's respect. We're not the band on MTV, wearing a bunch of makeup. We've proved we're the real deal. "
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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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" To be honest, we never, ever let business weigh down the creativity of this band. "
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" We're always talking and plotting and discussing what we can do to give our fans the best possible experience and leave everyone going home with having an amazing time and a memory that will last a lifetime. "
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" We wanna go back to Southeast Asia and just do it right for them. "
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" We didn't say, 'Hey, we're gonna pick a bunch of cover songs,' or, 'We're gonna write an original song that has to sound like this, because we're a metal band, so we're gonna cover some metal songs.' We did the opposite. We just said, 'We're gonna have fun with these songs, and we're gonna try different things.' "
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" You always have to try new things, and that's the one thing that we've learned from all the greats - every album isn't gonna be every fan's favorite, but as long as you keep switching it up and making new fans, it's really about being persistent. "
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" I think everyone's trying to come up together and bring up other bands along the way, and we've always been really blessed to have bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden take us under their wing and say nice things about us. "
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" Our first radio single, 'The Stage,' was eight-and-a-half minutes long. Unabashedly, we wanted to push the limits musically, lyrically, and instrumentation-wise. "
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" It's always been a conscious thing for us to do whatever will separate us from the pack and make us happy musically. "
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" I remember when I was a kid, every time the Beatles were on the radio, my dad would say he'd give me a dollar if I could tell him what band it was. So by the time I was about nine, I knew to just say 'The Beatles,' and I'd get a dollar out of it. "
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" We like to be in touch with our fans, but we're also very private. 'Cause, to us, it's not about Zacky or M. Shadows or Synyster Gates. It's about Avenged Sevenfold; it's more important than any one of us. "
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" To be honest, we spent many years at Warner, and in the very beginning, there was a very passionate team that worked alongside us on a daily basis. Every year that went by, we would lose just about every single person that worked directly with us, to the point that I honestly couldn't have picked up a phone and gotten one person who knew me. "
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" If we were to find a drummer that we were comfortable with and who we felt could really become a part of what we're about, it'd be great. But would we ever rush to find a guy just get back on the road? No. I think we'd rather go down with the ship. "
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" Iron Maiden and Metallica are bigger now than they ever were. They're playing stadiums across the entire planet. Even though it seems like their heyday was back when MTV and the radio played their songs all the time, the truth is that they've gotten bigger now because they play all the time, and people know they're going to get a great show. "
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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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" There's people that have never heard our album. The most they've seen is either our video on 'TRL' or our picture on the cover of magazines. "
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" I wanna keep people on their toes, and that's just kind of how we've always operated. "
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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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" There's always going to be haters, but those people are few. We're not too worried about it. "
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" I'd like to think that we will have had something to do with a shift back to heavy rock. That's what we've wanted all along, and we knew there'd be fearless steps to take to achieve that. "
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" We've never tried to write radio hits. If I hear our song on the radio, it's cool, and I'm proud, but it's never a goal. "
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" We're very historically tried and true when it comes to our albums. We pick the best songs; we get rid of the songs we feel don't fit on the album, and we don't work on remixing or remastering albums. "
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" When we called each other and got the call that Jimmy had died, literally, it all ended right there. Everything we've ever known as human beings, everything we've ever known as a band, changes at that moment, and you can't think clearly. "
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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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" We're not the kind of people to just take a break and say everything's going good, you know, let's rest on our laurels, act like rock stars - we take it very seriously, and we certainly aren't just celebrating and doing a victory lap. "
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" It was a big deal for us to be on Ozzfest, especially as one of the main headliners and being the band that wasn't announced: the mystery band. We'd never played the second stage at Ozzfest, and all of a sudden we're on the main stage. "
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