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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. "

Rob Halford

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" Teachers should not need to have to buy books for the kids, or pencils and pens. That's absurd. "

" When you have the thrill and the pleasure to do something that means so much, you'll do whatever you've gotta do to get to that next gig and play that next song. "

" 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. "

" I love people. I love being in a band. I love making music. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Oh God, don't let me go on Amazon Prime at one in the morning 'cause I always buy something I don't need. "

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" This band isn't mostly about being a political protest band. We want to entertain; we want to give you a good time. At the same time, if you look through the history of Priest, there's always been an intelligent factor. "

" 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. "

" When I got clean and sober, that was a major change in my life. "

" Life is a beautiful thing, but a lot of it, it kind of replicates itself. "

" When you start in any band, I don't think you have any idea as to how long your particular journey is going to last. You really don't have a clue. I think that when you come together as musicians, that's the furthest thing from your mind. "

" 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. "

" 'Firepower' is the eighteenth full-length studio album for Judas Priest. That's a lot of metal songs over the decades, and the writing process is always the same, really. "

" You've gotta learn to love yourself and live your own life. Then you can go out in the world and try and figure everything else out. "

" 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. "

" I kind of blew the doors off the myth that all heavy metalheads are Neanderthal and very limited in their ability to take on subject matter of any human depth. "

" I just love to sing. It makes me feel great, so I'm gonna keep going. "

" Making a record is an intimate experience. A good producer can get things out of you that you can't get out of yourself. "

" I like to remain somewhat anonymous. I could never handle the whole Britney Spears syndrome of being noticed everywhere. "

Rob Halford

Everywhere

Being

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" Most of humanity just wants to live a peaceful life, don't we? "

" You can't be dismissive of important things. You have to speak out, even if you don't get the results you would like to have. "

Rob Halford

Important

Results

" 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. "

" They talk about the American Dream. I still believe in that. I still believe that this is a great country, where great things can happen, where anybody can become president of the United States. Just that simple statement there defines so much about the whole business of liberty and freedom and the pursuit of happiness. "