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" Teachers should not need to have to buy books for the kids, or pencils and pens. That's absurd. "
Rob Halford
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" 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. "
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" Metal fans are just as compassionate and caring and tolerant as any other form of music fans are. "
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" To have Judas Priest together? It's a real adventure, and we always feel excited when it's time to create a new record. "
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" 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. "
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" When you make that choice of stepping out and facing the issue of disclosure, you do create this kind of self-imposed negative fear. It's unfortunate it still happens today. 'Do I step out and say I'm a gay guy?' But you have got to do it and live your life on your terms and no one else's terms. "
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" I love all that kind of gothic Bram Stoker kind of thing. I love to get lost in that kind of escapism. "
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" I've often talked about metal being the underdog in rock n' roll music. "
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" When I come off stage, I just shut up. I try as best I can not to use my voice at all. You know I love to talk, but I try when I come off stage to have the minimum amount of vocal interaction because I need at least a good 10 hours to just recover from my form of extreme singing. "
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" I just love to sing. It makes me feel great, so I'm gonna keep going. "
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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. "
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" Sometimes when I'm writing lyrics, it's a very loose train of thought, and wherever that takes me, I let it flow. "
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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 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. "
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" Heavy metal is always going to be there. At its core, it's all about a primitive connection we all need to keep in our lives. "
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" We've always had this fantastic relationship with America. "
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" Life is a beautiful thing, but a lot of it, it kind of replicates itself. "
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" It doesn't matter how many records you've made; there's always a new experience you can get with a new producer. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I chew a special brand of gum that you can't get in America. It's British, and it's called Airwaves. It's a menthol eucalyptus gum that is a very soothing thing for me when I'm singing because I'm swallowing, and it also keeps my sinuses and general upper breathing clear. I've got to be able to hit these clear, clean notes. "
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" 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. "
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