#metal

I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I'm old, perhaps. ↗

— Tanith Lee

#the-silver-metal-lover #young-adult #age

You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker. ↗

— Roger Daltrey

#better #better off #brick #going #guitar

My favorite type of music to sing and to listen to, you know, rock. It's not always metal, but you know, half the time it is. Metal's cool, you know? Not everybody on 'American Idol' listens to metal. ↗

— James Durbin

#american #american idol #cool #everybody #favorite

I was very limited in what I could do with flying saucers, because they're just a metal disc. I had to try and put character in as if they were intelligently guided. ↗

— Ray Harryhausen

#character #could #disc #flying #guided

There is something powerful in Metallica, a will, a drive. ↗

— James Hetfield

#metallica #powerful #something #will

The best indication is that I still love to ski on most anything, from skating gear to heavy metal. ↗

— Paul Parker

#best #gear #heavy #heavy metal #i

special thanks to Martha Sharpe and everyone at Anansi; to Mandy Barber, for the use of her stunning visual art; to Karen Mac Cormack, for her advice during the early stages of this project; and to David Bromige (weaver of radhats), for his enthusiasm which encouraged me to develop this piece into a book-length poem. ↗

— Darren Wershler-Henry

#cycle-of-defeat #gram-parsons #metalhead #parasite #punishment

I tell you very honestly, 1 billion percent, I have never regretted leaving Metallica. ↗

— Jason Newsted

#honestly #i #leaving #metallica #never

It is, we wanted to make a record that reflected our love of Hard-Rock music and it is sort of Metal though we don't really describe ourselves as Metal. ↗

— Adam Rich

#hard-rock #love #make #metal #music

The hairstyles of most Heavy Metal bands are pretty horrendous. ↗

— Fred Schneider

#hairstyles #heavy #heavy metal #horrendous #metal