Not everyone is going to love you. Not everyone is going to like what you do, and you see a lot of people don’t want to let go of the bands that they love. They don’t want to move forward. They don’t want to let new things come in; they’re scared of change. They’re scared of new bands taking over their genre. They’re just scared of change. Zacky Vengeance Read Quote
It was a big deal for us to be on Ozzfest, especially as one of the main headliners and being the band that wasn’t announced: the mystery band. We’d never played the second stage at Ozzfest, and all of a sudden we’re on the main stage. Zacky Vengeance Read Quote
We’ve shown everyone we are musicians first and foremost: we’ll produce our own albums and play The 100 Club. We earned people’s respect. We’re not the band on MTV, wearing a bunch of makeup. We’ve proved we’re the real deal. Zacky Vengeance Read Quote
Everything an artist does is scary, but we do it anyway. If someone tries to steer you off-course, push them outta the way and get back on course. Never giving up – that’s what I truly believe all the greatest bands have done. Zacky Vengeance Read Quote
There are so many people involved in making an album, and naturally, all you want to do is show it to your friends and family. You just can’t do any of that because all it takes is one morsel of information on the Internet. Within seconds, it’s around the whole world. Zacky Vengeance Read Quote
In terms of content and instrumentation, I feel we have been extremely ambitious on every one of our albums going back to high school. We were the first screaming hardcore band to put a big ballad on our record. Zacky Vengeance Read Quote
Our first radio single, ‘The Stage,’ was eight-and-a-half minutes long. Unabashedly, we wanted to push the limits musically, lyrically, and instrumentation-wise. Zacky Vengeance Read Quote
When you start running out of things to do on a guitar, you have to find other ways of making music with your instrument. Zacky Vengeance Read Quote
I absolutely remember when I decided upon playing Ernie Ball strings, and it was right then and there at the guitar store up in Seattle when I picked up my first guitar ever. They said, ‘What kind of strings should we put on it?’ And I just looked at the brightest color package and said, ‘That one!’ Zacky Vengeance Read Quote
