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" We're not the kind of people to just take a break and say everything's going good, you know, let's rest on our laurels, act like rock stars - we take it very seriously, and we certainly aren't just celebrating and doing a victory lap. "

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" There's people that have never heard our album. The most they've seen is either our video on 'TRL' or our picture on the cover of magazines. "

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" Iron Maiden and Metallica are bigger now than they ever were. They're playing stadiums across the entire planet. Even though it seems like their heyday was back when MTV and the radio played their songs all the time, the truth is that they've gotten bigger now because they play all the time, and people know they're going to get a great show. "

" I can honestly tell you, if it wasn't for our fans, there would not be Avenged Sevenfold right now. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We're very historically tried and true when it comes to our albums. We pick the best songs; we get rid of the songs we feel don't fit on the album, and we don't work on remixing or remastering albums. "

" My dad played some guitar, and both my parents are fans of music and have huge record collections. "

" We're always talking and plotting and discussing what we can do to give our fans the best possible experience and leave everyone going home with having an amazing time and a memory that will last a lifetime. "

" 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. "

" From day one, we've always gotten backlash for certain outlandish ideas that we've had and presented. That's also kind of been the driving force that's pushed us forward. "

" I think we are really in touch with what's going on around us in the world of music, trying to push the bar forward and try new and exciting things that our fans can react to. "

" We wanted to write songs that we really like that incorporate everything. It seems a lot of bands want to stick with one thing. We didn't want to be scared to do anything that we wanted to do. We didn't want anything to hold us back. We wanted no boundaries. "

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

" We didn't say, 'Hey, we're gonna pick a bunch of cover songs,' or, 'We're gonna write an original song that has to sound like this, because we're a metal band, so we're gonna cover some metal songs.' We did the opposite. We just said, 'We're gonna have fun with these songs, and we're gonna try different things.' "

" To be honest, we spent many years at Warner, and in the very beginning, there was a very passionate team that worked alongside us on a daily basis. Every year that went by, we would lose just about every single person that worked directly with us, to the point that I honestly couldn't have picked up a phone and gotten one person who knew me. "

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" I remember when I was a kid, every time the Beatles were on the radio, my dad would say he'd give me a dollar if I could tell him what band it was. So by the time I was about nine, I knew to just say 'The Beatles,' and I'd get a dollar out of it. "

" 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. "

" What makes Avenged so exciting to me musically is that people either love us or hate us, but nobody sounds like us. "

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

" If we were to find a drummer that we were comfortable with and who we felt could really become a part of what we're about, it'd be great. But would we ever rush to find a guy just get back on the road? No. I think we'd rather go down with the ship. "

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

" I think, as long as people have a strong opinion, whether they love or hate us, I think we're doing something right. "

" When you start running out of things to do on a guitar, you have to find other ways of making music with your instrument. "

" 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. "

" Basically, we're just a bunch of kids who got together and try to use what we have and try to learn from each other. "