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" We had to take full advantage of the fact that we wanted to be one of the most creative bands out there that's getting backed by one of the biggest companies. "

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" I worked a lot on our album cover, and I didn't just want to post it on our website one day and move on. We wound up breaking it into 18 pieces and hiding them on fan sites all over the Internet and then posting clues, so fans could put together the puzzle. "

" Everyone loves to complain that there are no real bands on MTV, yet no one wants to step up to the plate and try to change that. "

" I remember what it felt like when I was young, and I looked up to someone, and they would pay me just an ounce of attention. And some of the bands I listened to when I was young probably never even sold any albums, but it didn't matter to me. If I'd go up and say, 'Great show,' it would be amazing that they even would acknowledge me. "

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" I think the most important thing to putting on a good show is to always mix things up. Sometimes we wear makeup; other times we don't. The point is, you'll never get the same Avenged show twice. I think it's really important to be theatrical. I mean, look at Iron Maiden! "

" We're in the business of making fans that will last with us a lifetime. In order to do that, you've gotta give them something special. "

" I think people have the right to love whoever they want, and I think that women have the right to do whatever they wish to their bodies given the circumstances. "

" Once you can get a fan to listen to an album a handful of times and really have a lot of substance for them to grasp, then you're looking at having a fan that really appreciates what you do for life and can appreciate coming to see it live. "

" We really wanted to create an album that had no boundary or limit to it. There's nothing to say that we couldn't release a song that belongs on 'The Stage' 20 years into our career. We want it to be an album that constantly grows with what we want to do, and that's what we did. "

" With every album, I write above my ability, and my job as a guitarist is to catch up and be able to play it live. The thing about practicing is that once you master something, you don't have to remaster it. You just keep moving forward. "

" That is one thing about playing with Guns N' Roses and Metallica: everyone wants to interview you. "

" Mike Elizondo had an incredible array of guitars in the studio, but they were all right-handed. "

" I can't honestly say with a straight face that every Avenged Sevenfold album is my favorite. "

" Even when we were at that point when we had very few fans, we never felt like a small band. We always felt like we had a big purpose. "

" Not everyone is going to love you. Not everyone is going to like what you do, and you see a lot of people don't want to let go of the bands that they love. They don't want to move forward. They don't want to let new things come in; they're scared of change. They're scared of new bands taking over their genre. They're just scared of change. "

" I love listening to Led Zeppelin and classic rock albums from the Seventies. They're just so brilliant because they breathe. "

" We wanna go back to Southeast Asia and just do it right for them. "

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" We've shown everyone we are musicians first and foremost: we'll produce our own albums and play The 100 Club. We earned people's respect. We're not the band on MTV, wearing a bunch of makeup. We've proved we're the real deal. "

" I think everyone's trying to come up together and bring up other bands along the way, and we've always been really blessed to have bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden take us under their wing and say nice things about us. "

" After 'City of Evil,' the world was still kind of apprehensive about Avenged Sevenfold. They didn't know if we were a serious band or just some kids trying to play really ambitious music with crazy guitar parts that would be here one minute and gone the next. "

" Our first radio single, 'The Stage,' was eight-and-a-half minutes long. Unabashedly, we wanted to push the limits musically, lyrically, and instrumentation-wise. "

" Only a world spinning out of control could inspire the music and vision we have now. "

" With 'Hail To The King' - our last album - we obviously wore our influences on our sleeve, and it was a blatant attempt to turn on our younger generation of fans to more classic-sounding metal. "

" This country is filled with remarkable people. One of my best friend's families is from Iran, and they're the most American family of all time. Some of the best people that I've ever met are immigrants. "

" It's always been a conscious thing for us to do whatever will separate us from the pack and make us happy musically. "

" You always have to try new things, and that's the one thing that we've learned from all the greats - every album isn't gonna be every fan's favorite, but as long as you keep switching it up and making new fans, it's really about being persistent. "

" There's always going to be haters, but those people are few. We're not too worried about it. "

" With any success, a lot of voices come out, and you start hearing a lot more opinions on the matter. We've provoked very strong reactions in both directions since day one. "

" A lot of people have ideas and opinions on what Avenged Sevenfold should be or what we should do, and I think our No. 1 rule is to always make sure we never listen to any of that and to always do what we believe. "

" We wanna be on the frontlines of everything new and exciting. The old world order of putting out four singles before you release an album is so boring to us. "