Scott Ian Quotes

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• Why would heavy metal ever go away?

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  Going Away, Heavy Metal, Heavy

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• Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be honest, I quite like having positive emotions.

  Scott Ian

  Song, Feelings, Different

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• Everything I do is metal. When I clean my house, it's metal.

  Scott Ian

  House, Clean, Metals

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• At some point around '94 or '95, 'Rolling Stone' said that guitar rock was dead and that the Chemical Brothers were the future. I think that was the last issue of 'Rolling Stone' I ever bought.

  Scott Ian

  Brother, Thinking, Issues

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• I really don't worry about what people say or what they have to say or what they think - it just doesn't matter.

  Scott Ian

  Thinking, People, Worry

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• Metal guys are huge nerds. A good percentage of them are either horror or sci-fi or comic book or fantasy nerds.

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  Book, Guy, Nerd

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• When you're younger - duh - you don't really have the tools to deal with certain things in your life.

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  Tools, Duh, Certain

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• To be honest, I'm one of the least-technical guitar players around. I just want a guitar to feel good and sound good. That's it, period.

  Scott Ian

  Player, Guitar, Feel Good

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• Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.

  Scott Ian

  Strong, Names, Sick

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• I think the best riffs and the best songs come when you're jamming and having a good time.

  Scott Ian

  Song, Thinking, Good Times

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• I love what I do, somehow I have been able to play in a band for my entire life and that is all I ever wanted to do. I love that I get to do that.

  Scott Ian

  Play, Band, Able

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• I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the cool kids, and I like it that way.

  Scott Ian

  School, Kids, Fans

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• I kind of live in this weird world where I am exposed to a lot of stuff, but then again I am not exposed to a lot of stuff.

  Scott Ian

  World, Stuff, Kind

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• I'm not the kind of guy who sits around at home and writes songs. Once in a while I'll pick up a guitar and noodle around, but it's rare.

  Scott Ian

  Song, Home, Writing

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• To me, the guitar is a tool for songwriting, and it's fun, too. The day that it's not fun, that's when I'm not gonna play guitar anymore.

  Scott Ian

  Fun, Guitar, Play

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• The internet is a great thing but the worst thing that it brought to the music business was piracy and it's made making stuff available really difficult.

  Scott Ian

  Internet, Worst, Difficult

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I find it much easier to write comic-books than lyrics actually because it's a natural dialogue. Writing song lyrics is not natural but over the years I know what I need to know to get it done. I find it quite easy to capture a character and use my own personality and humour.

  Scott Ian

  Song, Character, Writing

  Source: thequietus.com

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• What is it about a zombie that appeals to me? I don't know. Maybe that it's just the most possible - I don't know - of all the supernatural entities.

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  Zombie, Entity, Appeals

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• Nobody gets into a band and thinks they're going to have a 30-year career.

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  Thinking, Years, Careers

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• As big as Metallica are, they're still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they're still not U2 or Lady Gaga. It's still underground.

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  Metallica, Bigs, Pops

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• A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perform those songs as best as I can on stage - that's what the guitar for me has always been.

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  Song, Writing, Guitar

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• I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.

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  Fans, Giants, Influence

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• People think of Jews as the Woody Allen stereotype, the nebbishy kind of thing, but that's not the kind of Jews I know. I know plenty of Israelis and plenty of tough guys that are Jewish. So, I think it makes sense that Jews play metal.

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  Thinking, Play, People

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• I have enough to think about - I just don't ever want to have to think about my car.

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  Thinking, Car, Want

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• What I love about 'The Walking Dead' is it's a human story, which is to me what makes the comic book so good, but once you jump from the pages of the book to the screen, the gore and the zombies have to look great.

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  Book, Walking Dead, Zombie

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