Kerry King Quotes

• Hate heals, you should try it sometime.

  Kerry King

  Hate, Trying, Should

  "Song: 'Disciple'". 2001.

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• If I'm in a corner, I like my corner. It's the coolest corner I've ever been in.

  Kerry King

  Corners, Ifs

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• I don't really have a life philosophy; my thing is just rebelling against pretty much organized religion. That is my main thing, because personally I think it's a crutch for people that are too weak to get through life on their own. I'm the kind of guy that says if I don't see it, then it doesn't work. And nobody can show me God.

  Kerry King

  Philosophy, Thinking, People

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• If you're a gay person I'd rather not be stuck in a lift with you.

  Kerry King

  Gay, Rock N Roll, Stuck

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• I have tons of friends in the heavy-metal music world, and just going to see them inspires me.

  Kerry King

  Inspire, World, Heavy Metal

  Interview with Leonard Pierce, www.avclub.com. December 8, 2009.

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• I've never thrown out a TV set out of some hotel's window, but I have thrown a microwave out of one 'coz it was cooler.

  Kerry King

  Tvs, Window, Microwaves

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• If I'm ever feeling uninspired, all I have to do is go see Exodus or Arch Enemy, and think 'Oh yeah, that's what we're doing this for.'

  Kerry King

  Thinking, Feelings, Enemy

  "Kerry King of Slayer". Interview With Leonard Pierce, music.avclub.com. December 8, 2009.

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• I think no matter what kind of music you play, there will be moments when you feel like it's all been done before.

  Kerry King

  Thinking, Play, Done

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• No, my first figure was a SLAYER eagle. And the dragons and the tribals are all I have got. I wish that I only would have done the SLAYER eagle and not the dragons ´coz I like tribals that stand out from a distance. Like you could be a snowblind in the concert and you are still gonna see it. That´s why I like about it.

  Kerry King

  Distance, Dragons, Eagles

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• When something irritates me, I don't go home and write; I just don't do that.

  Kerry King

  Home, Writing, Irritated

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• I remember in the old days, when we were promoting a show, we'd be out taping flyers to high-school lockers. Now you just announce the show online, and it's a full house.

  Kerry King

  School, House, Lockers

  "Kerry King of Slayer". Interview with Leonard Pierce, music.avclub.com. December 8, 2009.

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• Venom were the first thrash band i heard on record-it really pushed me to the best!

  Kerry King

  Band, Records, Firsts

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• It's fun when you are on tour to go a place you are familiar with in any given city. It's like being home away from home.

  Kerry King

  Fun, Home, Cities

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• My strangest media moment a photo session they all had dressed up like 50 gangsters. That was pretty cool. We have to get some more of those kind of photos sometimes.

  Kerry King

  Media, Kind, Sometimes

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• I'm always using a towel around my head. Airports don't worry about me.

  Kerry King

  Airports, Worry, Towels

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• I don't reflect much, unless I'm talking to the media. I have more of a "Forward, march!" kind of attitude.

  Kerry King

  Attitude, Media, Talking

  Interview with Leonard Pierce, www.avclub.com. December 8, 2009.

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• If you dont tour, you cannot expect to sell a huge numbers of your albums either. It was both a business - and an economical decision and we wanted to play anyway. We just wanted to get out for the tour when it was safe enough for us.

  Kerry King

  Play, Numbers, Decision

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• Check bags are fun. I just make sure there won't be anything illegal in my check bag which is forbidden at a cabin of a plane. Just leaving things like scissors and such out of my carry-on things in order to avoid troubles with some certain airline, y'know.

  Kerry King

  Fun, Order, Leaving

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• My first figure was a SLAYER eagle. And the dragons and the tribals are all I have got.

  Kerry King

  Dragons, Eagles, Firsts

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• We haven't played that many of them because all our gear was over here waiting for us when we could get here. So we didn't get to rehearse any of the new stuff, so we have planned to play 3 or 4 new ones.

  Kerry King

  Play, Waiting, Gears

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• It's hard 'coz you have got different time zones; you can't sleep and y'know, it's boring way for the show to happen, but you do off the stage. Y'know, onstage it's all better.

  Kerry King

  Sleep, Time Zones, Different

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• Even though there's these songs and whoever the hell put it in the internet, if there's any good riffs in them, we raped the songs and put in the new ones.

  Kerry King

  Song, Uprising, Internet

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• I play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I'm not too fond of the P.A. either.

  Kerry King

  Play, Benefits, Affection

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• The worst thing about touring is the travel.

  Kerry King

  Touring, Worst, Worst Things

  "Kerry King of Slayer". Interview with Leonard Pierce, music.avclub.com. December 8, 2009.

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• In the crazy world of touring, if something gets stuck at customs, I can do a show with just my amp!

  Kerry King

  Crazy, World, Touring

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