Scott Ian Quotes

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• Why would heavy metal ever go away?

  Scott Ian

  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.

  Scott Ian

  Book, Guy, Nerd

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

  Scott Ian

  Tools, Duh, Certain

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

  Scott Ian

  Thinking, Years, Careers

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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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• 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'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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• 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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• 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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• I've always been a true believer that if men had babies, nobody would be trying to tell them what they can and can't do with their bodies.

  Scott Ian

  Baby, Men, Trying

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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.

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  World, Stuff, Kind

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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.

  Scott Ian

  Thinking, Car, Want

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• I don't even know who that person was in the '80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and I don't even recognize myself.

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  Pictures Of Myself, Persons, Knows

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• Theres a thousand other things I would rather spend money on than a car.

  Scott Ian

  Car, Thousand

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• If someone wants to sticker a record for whatever reason, that's fine. But once it affects someone's opportunity to, you know, get that record, then I have a problem with it.

  Scott Ian

  Opportunity, Records, Want

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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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• 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.

  Scott Ian

  Metallica, Bigs, Pops

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