A biography for Rob Halfordhasn’t been written yet.
“You've got to be able to compromise in a band; otherwise, somebody's more important than the next guy, and that's never been the case in Priest.”
“We can either rip your face up with 'Painkiller,' or we can play this beautiful thing called 'Last Rose of Summer' from 'Sin After Sin.' And people love us for that because they don't really know what to expect.”
“I just love to sing. It makes me feel great, so I'm gonna keep going.”
“We're not a band that takes any kind of political stance. That's not what we're about as Priest. But we're observers of what's going on around us in the world.”
“Treating one bunch of people this way, and treating this bunch that way. You can't do that. You have to give everybody the same rights.”
“I think I've improved in a lot of ways because of being able to stay clean and sober.”
“It's your human right to push back against something you disagree with. You do that by voting for that guy instead of that guy, or that lady instead of that lady.”
“I'm not a frugal person, but I find it difficult to be extravagant materially.”
“Criticism, maybe cynicism, is just rampant in music, in creativity. Everybody has a perception and a set of opinions based on what that piece of music is doing to them internally.”
“When I come off stage, I just shut up. I try as best I can not to use my voice at all. You know I love to talk, but I try when I come off stage to have the minimum amount of vocal interaction because I need at least a good 10 hours to just recover from my form of extreme singing.”
“I was in several bands before I joined Judas Priest. Being in those early unknown bands were the stepping stones, really, so I learned a lot in those short few years jumping from one band to another.”
“The battle goes on for me; as a gay man, I shall not be happy until I see equality across the board.”
“I think I'm still a lone wolf, internally. And I always will be.”
“I don't think it's right that there's one set of rules for one individual and another set of rules and laws for another individual. That's not the way the world should work.”
“I've always felt that where Priest has been able to get to, it's been down to discipline, our real love and commitment to making the best music that we can make, and never forgetting our fan base.”
“I love early blues like Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf. I listened to the way these people sang, and it was just beautiful - straight from the soul. That, for me, was an inspiration.”
“Music is there to get you through life's ups and downs, good times and not so good times.”
“I never tire of the drive from Phoenix to San Diego, and it is mostly desert, obviously, but you get different varieties of desert terrain.”
“'Firepower' is the eighteenth full-length studio album for Judas Priest. That's a lot of metal songs over the decades, and the writing process is always the same, really.”
“When you start in any band, I don't think you have any idea as to how long your particular journey is going to last. You really don't have a clue. I think that when you come together as musicians, that's the furthest thing from your mind.”