I don't think any of our lyrics have ever been erotic in a sexual term, because I haven't really written, touched on, that subject too often. But, uh... I mean, I suppose they could point the finger at us for violence maybe in certain songs.

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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

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

Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys.

Scott Ian

I don't think any of our lyrics have ever been erotic in a sexual term, because I haven't really written, touched on, that subject too often. But, uh... I mean, I suppose they could point the finger at us for violence maybe in certain songs.

Scott Ian

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

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.

Scott Ian

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

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

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

Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out about bands. It's kind of the same way these days. In a way even less because there are no record stores to go to anymore.

Scott Ian

I could care less about sitting around and practicing the guitar for hours a day and trying to be the best guitar player on the planet.

Scott Ian

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.

Scott Ian

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

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

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

Scott Ian

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

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

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

Scott Ian

My grandfather was Orthodox, and he was religious, but neither of my parents were. Of course, as they got older, it seems like they get more religious the older they get, even though they're still not practicing Jews.

Scott Ian

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

Scott Ian

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

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

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.

Scott Ian

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.

Scott Ian

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

Scott Ian

Why would heavy metal ever go away?

Scott Ian

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 thats what the guitar for me has always been.

Scott Ian

I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame.

Randy Newman

Then I decided I couldn't just crawl in the corner and die, so I started putting pen to paper and wrote some songs. I had no idea what for or who I was going to work with. I tried to find my way and direction.

Glenn Tipton

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.

Jarvis Cocker

The way you look for songs, you find yourself looking for little signals and clues about life and how things are.

Tom T. Hall

All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background.

Bobby Vinton

It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.

Ricky Skaggs

Again, I say I will be glad to tell what songs I have ever sung, because singing is my business.

Pete Seeger

My vocal ability is very limited, but I'm fortunate in that I can write the songs around my vocal limitations.

Glenn Tipton

I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.

Jackson Browne

When I heard his first songs, Dylan was answering certain questions that I had all my life been asking myself.

Nana Mouskouri

The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that.

Sheryl Crow

Every time the guys were knocked out by my guitar playing and the girls were knocked out by the type of songs I did. That set us apart from the average blues band.

George Thorogood

This is an album of songs that I've always loved, tunes that I heard. For the first time in 53 years of recording, I really had control over an entire album, start to finish.

Etta James

All my songs are where I am.

Adam Duritz

That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.

Marc Almond

We would turn everything into songs in those days.

Arlo Guthrie

Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs.

Carly Simon

Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.

Shakira

I had deeper, more reflective songs on the first album.

Bubba Sparxxx

I don't think you need a record deal to write songs. You don't need any other reason than you want to do it. It's a far cry from why some people do music today. They make it to order, which is pretty horrible.

Andy Taylor

The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.

Michael McKean