To us, being the bad guys is cool, because we always root for the bad guys in the movies. Jeff Hanneman Read Quote
We don’t like preaching, we don’t like love songs, we don’t like fun songs. We just like the dark side. Jeff Hanneman Read Quote
I remember in the days when we started, when we first went on the road, we went to Berkeley and played with Exodus. We couldn’t believe another band was playing the same kind of music we were playing because there was only a handful of bands that were doing it. Jeff Hanneman Read Quote
We’re not, obviously, as rich as Metallic, but we don’t have to worry about money. Jeff Hanneman Read Quote
I have a method of working on music: I’ll get up in the morning and throw down some drums on my drum machine, and then I’ll come back later and try to pop off rhythms to it. Jeff Hanneman Read Quote
L.A. has got to be the poser capital of the world. Around here Quiet Riot, Motley Crue, and Ratt are the heaviest in the world. So if that’s heavy we must be molten steel. Jeff Hanneman Read Quote
I was really into metal when I was growing up. It was just something I thought I could do and wanted to try. Jeff Hanneman Read Quote
That gets me upset- you’re jamming along, checking out the crowd and having a good time, and then your equipment goes down. You can’t just stop the show and say, ‘Oh, Jeff’s got a guitar problem.’ Jeff Hanneman Read Quote
My first guitar was a Les Paul that I bought off a friend for 500 bucks. I worked a long time to save up enough money for it. Jeff Hanneman Read Quote
