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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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" I love heavy-metal music more than anything in the world, but I'm equally drawn to Michael Buble or Michael Feinstein. "

Rob Halford

Love

Music

" There's always someone that's dealing with a bigger challenge than you are. You've gotta have perspective. "

" 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. "

" It's best to keep things as free and open as you can. It's good to have a template, but then you go back and dissect it and see where you can make improvements. That's pretty much been the case with every Priest song that's ever been written. "

" We've always tried to convey these strong messages of strength and power and doing good in the world and, at the same time, to not be afraid to look at the difficulties that we experience. "

" I love all that kind of gothic Bram Stoker kind of thing. I love to get lost in that kind of escapism. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's a myth that I received any flak from the metal community over my decision to come out. I have, in fact, received numerous positive responses from fans, as well as e-mails from people who were going through much the same thing. It's horrible to keep something like that secret, and I felt I had to make it public. "

" To have Judas Priest together? It's a real adventure, and we always feel excited when it's time to create a new record. "

" I was a huge Rick Astley and Bananarama fan. "

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

" We can either rip your face up with 'Painkiller,' or we can play this beautiful thing called 'Last Rose of Summer' from 'Sin After Sin.' And people love us for that because they don't really know what to expect. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You've got to be able to compromise in a band; otherwise, somebody's more important than the next guy, and that's never been the case in Priest. "

" It's very tempting for certain generations to say, 'Well, I just want to be in a band, and I want to be a rock star,' or whatever. That's not what it's about. Firstly, you've got to be in it for the love and the passion that you have for the music, and then you take it from there. "

" The great thing about Priest, in all the years that we've been making heavy metal music, is that we've always kind of carried this metal flag, if you will - this beacon of hope that, no matter what you may be going through in life, there's always a sense of overcoming difficulties, a sense of winning, a sense of coming out on top. "

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

" We're not a band that takes any kind of political stance. That's not what we're about as Priest. But we're observers of what's going on around us in the world. "

Rob Halford

Going

Band

" I've often talked about metal being the underdog in rock n' roll music. "

" I've always felt that where Priest has been able to get to, it's been down to discipline, our real love and commitment to making the best music that we can make, and never forgetting our fan base. "

" 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. "

" When I listen to Michael Buble, it's exciting; it's inspiring. I feel the same way with Michael Feinstein or Ryan Adams. "

" 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. "

" The fact that there are now gay men and women who can openly serve their country is a wonderful thing. "

" I'm drawn to singers who have something different to say vocally, and Adele would be in there. "

" There are gay and lesbian people in all walks of life, in all different types of professions. I just happen to be a gay man who sings in a heavy metal band. "