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" We're a rock n' roll band. We play heavy metal music. And we want to give you a great time. That's basically how it all boils down. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes when I'm writing lyrics, it's a very loose train of thought, and wherever that takes me, I let it flow. "

" It's a very empowering kind of music, heavy metal is. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Metal fans are just as compassionate and caring and tolerant as any other form of music fans are. "

" It doesn't matter how many records you've made; there's always a new experience you can get with a new producer. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" On their debut, Korn brought a new definition of metal that was a game changer. "

" I will always remember the first show I did clean and sober... It was in New Mexico, in Albuquerque. I literally felt elevated, as everything was coming with such clarity. "

" '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. "

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

" It's very tempting for certain generations to say, 'Well, I just want to be in a band, and I want to be a rock star,' or whatever. That's not what it's about. Firstly, you've got to be in it for the love and the passion that you have for the music, and then you take it from there. "

" I love all that kind of gothic Bram Stoker kind of thing. I love to get lost in that kind of escapism. "

" We can either rip your face up with 'Painkiller,' or we can play this beautiful thing called 'Last Rose of Summer' from 'Sin After Sin.' And people love us for that because they don't really know what to expect. "

" There are gay and lesbian people in all walks of life, in all different types of professions. I just happen to be a gay man who sings in a heavy metal band. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 'Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk,' that's my big Emperor album. "

" This overpowering relief of love conquering any kind of difficulty and hardship in life - that love is forever, even with people that we lost in the physical world. "

" I love heavy-metal music more than anything in the world, but I'm equally drawn to Michael Buble or Michael Feinstein. "

" That's the life, really, isn't it? You write. You record. You play. And it never grows old. "