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" If it were bad songs, yeah, I'd speak up, but they're not bad songs. "
Tom Araya
Bad
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Were
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" Besides Slayer, which is a full-time job, I raise animals. I have a ranch in Texas. My wife takes care of the animals when I'm on tour. When I get home, I become a ranch hand. "
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" As far as thinking about death and murder and various ways of killing people and how people die... I probably have the most twisted mind in Slayer. "
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" When this genre of music started in America, Metallica was up north in California, we were in Southern California, Anthrax was on the East Coast. We each developed our own metal music, and after 30 years, we're still playing our metal music. "
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" Slayer fans are unforgiving. Early on in the career, if something changes, it's accepted. But 30 years down the road, in my opinion, they would rather see us do a three-piece than even try to replace Jeff, in a sense. "
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" We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there. "
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" I would have to work on the song and figure out how they wanted the song done, because they're such high-intensity songs. We figure that out first, then I go back and listen to it and go over and rehearse stuff with it and try to get a feel for the words. "
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" As long as it's good music, that's what's important. "
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" Whatever had been on the radio in the '60s; I mean we were always listening to the radio. "
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Radio
Whatever
Always
" I just don't write musically, but lyrically, yeah I write. "
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I Write
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Write
" No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it. "
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" After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean? "
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Know
Listen
" When I heard the idea of a Slayer wine, I tasted the wines they suggested for us. To be honest, I was a bit skeptical at first before I tasted it, but once I tried it, I thought, 'You know what? This is actually really good. A really fruity and round type of flavor for a red wine.' It's very flavorful and tasted awesome! "
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Good
You
" I read true crime books, and I read when people do case studies of stuff. I'm into books like that. Case studies or forensics or murder - all that good stuff. "
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Books
People
Like
" I write, I write, I always write. "
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I Write
Always
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" We just bought a new house, so my wife's been doing all the moving and other stuff, so I would like to go home and just sit and enjoy all that for a couple months before I gotta start playing again. "
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Moving
Start
Home
" Oh yeah, our first tour in Europe they wouldn't give me the time off from work. "
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Europe
Work
Off
" Sometimes I'll sing the same verse through the entire song, because the other verses aren't clicking. And when they do come to me, I'm in the middle of that same verse! "
Tom Araya
Song
Me
Same
" From the heaviest of the heavy to classical to country, that's what I listen to, I listen to a variety and I enjoy good music, good songs. "
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Country
Enjoy
Good
" I had to be at least 8 or 9; I was listening to everything on the radio. You name it, I heard every song. "
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Song
You
Name
" I think musicians have always been drinking and sharing a good wine. It is, I hate to say this, another form of vice. "
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Think
Say
" I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church... I was born and raised Catholic, which is about the extent of my religion. My parents made one request: that I have my first Holy Communion. "
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Parents
Born
Religion
" I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming. "
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Still
Think
" Our album 'Show No Mercy' came out in late '83, and we did three or four shows in San Francisco after the release. That was our first experience with stage-divers, crowd-surfing, people walking on people across an entire crowd. "
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" Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer. "
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" I read a book recently by a psychiatrist who was able to interview a few serial killers and she had a thesis on how you could figure these people out. And she thinks that there are things that could tell you whether someone has the potential to do that. "
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" Yeah, yeah I think that's one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band. The biggest one is that we're Satan worshippers, but next to that just the fact that we're normal. "
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" I went to school for about 2 years on a technical course, and I learned a lot. I learned about air mixture ratios and all the stuff; I learned how to draw blood. "
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Technical
Air
" Slayer has always been about the sound. We have to sound good. It has to be tight. "
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Sound
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" To fans in a festival setting it's like a picnic. You want to have a good time with your friends in that crowd. And in the background you hear the band play, 'Oh, that's my favorite song!' everyone is there to enjoy the afternoon and that's about it. "
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" A good wine has many qualities, I think. If drunk moderately, it is healthy and good for your heart. "
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