A biography for Max Cavalerahasn’t been written yet.
“The Patriotic Act allows the American government to snoop around anybody's business at any time. Nobody has privacy anymore. Everybody can hack into anybody's system and find out everything about that person's life because it's all on a computer.”
“The heat doesn't bother me as much as it does other people. I'm from Brazil, where it's hot anyway.”
“Chemistry is so difficult to explain. It's there or it's not. And I notice with people it sometimes is there and then disappears with time.”
“I really love 'Killchain' - it's got this groove, it's the groove I always talk about in death metal and black metal, people try to discredit it but you cannot deny it.”
“I don't really go to church every Sunday and that kind of stuff, but I do believe in a higher power and I do believe in God.”
“I think the first Soulfly album is one of the strongest records I've ever made. It was definitely the most difficult album to record. There was a lot of pressure and anger going on at the time. It felt like a therapy session in many ways, but that's why I think it's such a truthful album. It holds up.”
“For me, the fun part is riffs, and making the riffs is what I... that's my world. I'm born for that. And when it comes to lyrics, it's an agonizing process.”
“I never let whatever - people or ideas or opinions - get in the way of something that is in your head, or is in your heart. If I feel it is right, I will go ahead and do it. And I think that's been always right, right from the start.”
“Being from Brazil, I missed out on a lot of American music, so I like to go back and check things out - music from the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies. So much of that stuff was groundbreaking.”
“Eye for an Eye' is super-simple, super-catchy, but very effective.”
“Extreme times call for extreme music!”
“I listen to a lot of metal. I'm like a teenager - I make playlists with, like, 200 bands on them.”
“Yeah, I always had the habit of translating a lot of Black Sabbath records - that's kinda like how I first learned English, translating records.”
“When Sepultura played in B, because of Iggor's drumming, because of the way the songs are structured, it's very different from Korn. So, it opens up a whole new world.”
“My favorite instrument is a bemrimbau. I play that every night.”
“I'm not much of a writing guy to start with. I don't write diaries.”
“I've always tried to stay true to myself, do things that I like, that I believe are right. That people like it is cool.”
“When we did the 'Roots' tour with Cavalera Conspiracy, it was more flashy. It was supposed to be a big deal because it was a big album.”
“We all have violence inside of us, but we try to channel it into what we do.”
“We were always big fans of Hellhammer, but when Celtic Frost came on with 'Morbid Tales,' to me it was a game-changer in the metal world.”