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

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" You don't fully appreciate your band until you're away from them. "

" Just the basic principles of what makes America work for me are very strong in my heart. It's like no other nation in the world. "

" 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. "

" The first thing I will say about looking after your voice is get a pair of in-ear monitors because one of the most common problems singers have is trying to hear themselves on stage. "

" '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. "

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

" When you're a musician, one of the things that comes to you in the beginning that is quite unexpected is the reaction from your fans, and to the way your music plays an important part in their life in figuring things out. "

" I never tire of the drive from Phoenix to San Diego, and it is mostly desert, obviously, but you get different varieties of desert terrain. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If I was a billionaire, I'd have a warehouse full of Ferrari and Lamborghini, but I'm not. "

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

" 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. "

" When we talk about 'Firepower,' we're talking about the fire and power of heavy metal to prevail and endure difficulties. 'Children of the Sun,' is, to some extent, about climate change and the ecosystem... We want to deliver a message to the people without being too much of a teacher. "

" I don't think it's right that there's one set of rules for one individual and another set of rules and laws for another individual. That's not the way the world should work. "

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

" I think the last thing you want in life is to live with regret. "

" As far as putting a rating on music like you do movies, I can see the common sense in that. "

" Music is there to get you through life's ups and downs, good times and not so good times. "

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

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

" Treating one bunch of people this way, and treating this bunch that way. You can't do that. You have to give everybody the same rights. "

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

" When I write lyrics for Priest, I'm writing them for Priest. I'm not writing them for me. "

" 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 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. "

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

" Running away from something doesn't do anything except put distance. "