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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I have enough to think about - I just don't ever want to have to think about my car.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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