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" We always want to do covers, but we found it kind of boring to do covers of bands in our genre, and we were always asked to do those. "

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" We just found that in 2016, if you announce a record, and it's coming out in three months, and you're just giving people breadcrumbs, it's the most boring, drawn-out experience. "

" We do a lot of things that kind of annoy people and our fan base. We try not to get overloaded on it. For us, that means we don't do social media stuff - we have an Avenged Sevenfold social media, but none of the band members have Facebooks or any sort of Twitter. "

" When you look at metal, it's probably one of the healthiest genres when you look at it in a worldwide perspective - every single country listens to metal. "

" The thing about covers is that the first thing you're going to notice is the vocals, because it's not the same person. "

" If there's something I really like or a chord progression, I write a note in my Blackberry, and maybe a year later, I'll revisit it and ask, 'What did I like about that?' I really don't try to think too much about it. I like to be fresh. "

" When we were growing up, we listened to all sorts of music, but the first band that really grabbed all of us live was AFI. "

" I want to stay away from trends and do what we want to do musically. "

" As we develop, I just see us following our heart on this musical journey. "

" We have this yearning to know the answers to the big questions about space and why we're here; we can't evolve fast enough to figure these answers out on our own, but we can do it through artificial intelligence. But there's also some very scary downsides that could come if we don't put the right safety precautions in there. "

" Every once in a while, we can touch somebody's life in a way just by writing a melody or writing some music, which is always really special. "

" We go out there and kill it every night, and you can see what this means to people. "

" We're really excited to be even talked about in the same breath as Foo Fighters or Metallica. "

" The world is changing, and the way we consume music is obviously changing. I was one of the biggest CD advocates you will find, but when Apple music and digital options came out, like for everyone else, it was more conducive to my lifestyle. "

" Our band has always been really big on imagery. We've kind of used that as one of our strengths; we tend to do that pretty well. "

" I think 'The Stage' is kind of left field. "

" When we were writing the 'Stage' album, we realized we'd never really done proper covers, where we were taking songs and making them our own and kind of playing around with them. I came up with the idea of doing a cover of 'Wish You Were Here,' but we didn't really want it on the record. "

" I think the cool thing about being alive in 2017 is that you can literally put out music as soon and as frequently as you want to because of streaming services. "

" Metal needs to be exposed to more people, so it's good for rock if there's bigger bands. "

" We are ever evolving and never repeat ourselves. "

" Usually, when you're putting out a record, you have reviews from people a week before, and you have a vibe 'cause everyone's heard it - you've heard feedback from everyone, and they've listened to your single for a couple of months. Radio's playing it. "

" Someone sent me an article on AI that was written by Tim Urban on the website Wait but Why - that was kind of where I stuck my toes in the puddle, and I said, 'OK, I've gotta learn about this!' I felt like this is one of those things that our generation is going to have to answer for, eventually, and I just wanted to educate myself on it. "

" We live in the realm where all the metalheads and rock fans know us, but we're not giants like Linkin Park or Black Sabbath. "

" Sometimes, I feel like my lyrics meander a little bit, and our songs are so big I need to write more words than are necessary. "

" One thing I loved when I was growing up, you maybe saw one review from a magazine like 'Rolling Stone,' but now there are 150 reviews before an album even comes out. There are so many opinions out there, but the only one that really matters is your own. "

" The song 'Paradigm' talks about nanobots - and how they can potentially be used to cure diseases and help you live forever. But how much of a human being would you be at that point? If you're 70 percent machine and 30 percent human, are you going to lose yourself? "

" Those who are not very good at understanding mental health issues are not going to know what other people are going through in depression. You have to kind of put yourself in somebody else's shoes. "

" I listen to a lot of Pink Floyd, the Doors, Elton John, Sabbath, Metallica, GN'R, Megadeth - just classic rock, classic metal stuff. "

" I just think that a metal band covering a bunch of metal songs is so boring, so 'done before.' "

" We kind of reached this point in life where we don't really want to put out anything just to put something out. We really don't want it to be like, 'Two years are up. You've had your break; now do another record and get it out there.' "

" The 'Black Album' was my real first introduction to Metallica. I was, like, 12 or 13 at the time. We were just getting into music, and I liked that album a lot, but it didn't necessarily change my life. But when I started picking up all the other Metallica records, 'Master of Puppets' was the one to me that stuck out with its songwriting. "