- Nov 07, 2020
Tom Araya Quotes
Most Famous Tom Araya Quotes of All Time!
We have created a collection of some of the best tom-araya quotes so you can read and share anytime with your friends and family. Share our Top 10 Tom Araya Quotes on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Learning
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
That was the reasoning behind learning to play bass, and then after that it was more like it was neat to play songs together - for me to play bass and for him to play guitar.
- Listening
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Whatever had been on the radio in the '60s; I mean we were always listening to the radio.
- Nov 07, 2020
I had to be at least 8 or 9; I was listening to everything on the radio. You name it, I heard every song.
- Music
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean?
- Blood
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I went to school for about 2 years on a technical course, and I learned a lot. I learned about air mixture ratios and all the stuff; I learned how to draw blood.
- Normal
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Yeah, yeah I think that's one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band. The biggest one is that we're Satan worshippers, but next to that just the fact that we're normal.
- Focus
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it.
- Book
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I read a book recently by a psychiatrist who was able to interview a few serial killers and she had a thesis on how you could figure these people out. And she thinks that there are things that could tell you whether someone has the potential to do that.
- First
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there.
- Go Home
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
We just bought a new house, so my wife's been doing all the moving and other stuff, so I would like to go home and just sit and enjoy all that for a couple months before I gotta start playing again.
- Catholic
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I was born and raised Catholic.
- I Write
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I write, I write, I always write.
- Just
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I just don't write musically, but lyrically, yeah I write.
- Important
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
As long as it's good music, that's what's important.
- Melody
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming.
- Follow
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I follow politics, but I don't like to discuss it.
- Like
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I read true crime books, and I read when people do case studies of stuff. I'm into books like that. Case studies or forensics or murder - all that good stuff.
- Behind
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer.
- Fortune
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Fortune is either with you or it's not.
- Enjoy
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
From the heaviest of the heavy to classical to country, that's what I listen to, I listen to a variety and I enjoy good music, good songs.
- Good
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When you're in a club or a theater or even an arena, yeah, you want visuals, you want a good light show. But Slayer has always been about the sound. We have to sound good. It has to be tight.
- Francisco
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Our album 'Show No Mercy' came out in late '83, and we did three or four shows in San Francisco after the release. That was our first experience with stage-divers, crowd-surfing, people walking on people across an entire crowd.
- Always
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Slayer has always been about the sound. We have to sound good. It has to be tight.
- Metal
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When this genre of music started in America, Metallica was up north in California, we were in Southern California, Anthrax was on the East Coast. We each developed our own metal music, and after 30 years, we're still playing our metal music.
- Dad
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, my dad drank a lot of wine, so I got a taste for, and learned how to enjoy it. He spoke a lot about flavors and differences in tastes of wine. Also, our manager, Rick Sales, is a big wine drinker; he goes to a lot of wine-tasting classes, and he's taught me about the qualities of wine.
- Good
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
A good wine has many qualities, I think. If drunk moderately, it is healthy and good for your heart.
- Hate
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I think musicians have always been drinking and sharing a good wine. It is, I hate to say this, another form of vice.
- Mind
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When I do interviews, I enter them with an open mind and try to answer the questions the best I can.
- Fans
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Slayer fans are unforgiving. Early on in the career, if something changes, it's accepted. But 30 years down the road, in my opinion, they would rather see us do a three-piece than even try to replace Jeff, in a sense.
- Go
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church... I was born and raised Catholic, which is about the extent of my religion. My parents made one request: that I have my first Holy Communion.
- Life
- |
- Nov 07, 2020