A biography for David Draimanhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm still a businessman. But what I do for my primary living and what is my life is music, and that will never change.”
“We had a master sergeant present us with the Bronze Star of Valor he had gotten because he had felt we were the eighth men of the platoon.”
“When you record and tour year after year without a break, it starts to feel like you're on an assembly line.”
“I attended five different Jewish day schools as a teenager. I mean, I was trained as a hazan!”
“'Oppressed' is one of the terms that's very, very sellable and easily thrown around these days because everybody feels it, no matter what side you're on. We thrive on it. We're addicted to it.”
“I'll never forget getting my first Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chain records, and hearing that wonderful, beautiful darkness. And the rhythmic intensity, that's what attracted me more than anything else.”
“I'm a fan of the 'Underworld' films, but I don't necessarily consider them horror.”
“'In Another Time' talks about our addiction to technology.”
“It's impossible to utilize your right to free speech in the way you truly deserve and not suffer repercussions on any level.”
“I think that we're more united than the media would care to admit. We're not as divided as the perception would relay - not in the United States, not anywhere, really, in the world.”
“The God's honest truth is that, being the singer, my body's my instrument.”
“One of the degrees I have is in business, and I was a healthcare administrator that ran a 365-bed skilled nursing facility for years and generated several million dollars a year profit for them. So I have a background in business.”
“I formed my first band when I was going to Valley Torah High School in Los Angeles.”
“I think that seeing as much support as somebody like Obama as a black candidate running for president in a country that historically has had issues with the African-American people, and them having issues vice-versa, is a miraculous thing.”
“Other music that 'Ride The Lightning' led me to discover was to start really kind of sinking my teeth into some of the thrash of the era that I literally had no exposure to - whether it was Slayer, whether it was Testament, whether it was Megadeth. It was the opening of a doorway, for me, to a whole new palette of music.”
“The power, the complexity, the aggression - there's so many things that would attract anyone to Metallica. I think that they are the prime example of a metal band.”
“I will always be a proud defender of the Jewish people and of the State of Israel.”
“I'm pretty much done with political commentary. I've said everything I could possibly say. I've been a big mouth for long enough.”
“All I can ever hope to be to my son is someone who's supportive, someone who listens and understands and points out possible other ways of thinking, ways of feeling, ways of approaching things, suggests rather than demands.”
“For whatever reason, the mainstream media, for the most part, affixes itself to progressive or liberal propaganda.”