Make me your king.
Actually, my older brother was teaching himself how to play guitar and I figured I'd learn how to play bass to accompany him.
Tom Araya
After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean?
Tom Araya
As far as thinking about death and murder and various ways of killing people and how people die... I probably have the most twisted mind in Slayer.
Tom Araya
As long as it's good music, that's what's important.
Tom Araya
Because of time, we've learned that there are some things that you really have to maintain, like a normal home life; and that's a plus.
Tom Araya
Fortune is either with you or it's not.
Tom Araya
From the heaviest of the heavy to classical to country, that's what I listen to, I listen to a variety and I enjoy good music, good songs.
Tom Araya
I consider ourselves very fortunate, and I'm proud of our accomplishments and what we achieved and what we hope to achieve.
Tom Araya
I follow politics, but I don't like to discuss it.
Tom Araya
I had to be at least 8 or 9; I was listening to everything on the radio. You name it, I heard every song.
Tom Araya
I have a bunch of stuff written that we haven't used, but I haven't sat down and really focused on what to put toward the album.
Tom Araya
I have to really start focusing all my energies on making sure I remember the words, making sure I have a great performance.
Tom Araya
I just don't write musically, but lyrically, yeah I write.
Tom Araya
I just read true crime books.
Tom Araya
I read a book recently by a psychiatrist who was able to interview a few serial killers and she had a thesis on how you could figure these people out. And she thinks that there are things that could tell you whether someone has the potential to do that.
Tom Araya
I read true crime books, and I read when people do case studies of stuff. I'm into books like that. Case studies or forensics or murder - all that good stuff.
Tom Araya
I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming.
Tom Araya
I was born and raised Catholic.
Tom Araya
I went to school for about 2 years on a technical course, and I learned a lot. I learned about air mixture ratios and all the stuff; I learned how to draw blood.
Tom Araya
I would have to work on the song and figure out how they wanted the song done, because they're such high-intensity songs. We figure that out first, then I go back and listen to it and go over and rehearse stuff with it and try to get a feel for the words.
Tom Araya
I write, I write, I always write.
Tom Araya
I'm an all-around music person.
Tom Araya
I'm surprised when people notice me. That surprises me. And it's been happening a lot more lately than in the past.
Tom Araya
If it were bad songs, yeah, I'd speak up, but they're not bad songs.
Tom Araya
Megadeth had some great records too. Their first few records were good. But you know, there are some bands that are great, some bands that have just kinda fallen along the wayside.
Tom Araya
No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it.
Tom Araya
Oh yeah, our first tour in Europe they wouldn't give me the time off from work.
Tom Araya
So they have an idea of what they want to hear, but I have to sit there and do it. That's usually how we work stuff out.
Tom Araya
Sometimes I'll sing the same verse through the entire song, because the other verses aren't clicking. And when they do come to me, I'm in the middle of that same verse!
Tom Araya
That was the reasoning behind learning to play bass, and then after that it was more like it was neat to play songs together - for me to play bass and for him to play guitar.
Tom Araya
That's the one thing I miss when I'm out on the road is hanging out with my kids.
Tom Araya
They have to come up with decoder devices or scrambling devices so you can't copy a CD or DVD or anything else.
Tom Araya
Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer.
Tom Araya
We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there.
Tom Araya
We flew out to go as a family, and it wasn't bad. It was under a kind of dictatorship, I guess, but I didn't witness anything stupid going on.
Tom Araya
We have been fortunate, fortunate enough to have lasted as long as we have because a lot of bands don't last that long.
Tom Araya
We just bought a new house, so my wife's been doing all the moving and other stuff, so I would like to go home and just sit and enjoy all that for a couple months before I gotta start playing again.
Tom Araya
We used to have picketers and people - we still do; it's just not like it used to be.
Tom Araya
We would just be learning to play Beatles songs and Rolling Stones songs of that time - of the '60s. That's kinda what inspired me to play.
Tom Araya
Whatever had been on the radio in the '60s; I mean we were always listening to the radio.
Tom Araya
Whenever I see something, I've got this little Slayer chip in the back of my mind that tries to Slayer-ize everything I do.
Tom Araya
Yeah, Anthrax is good. They haven't changed either! Anthrax has pretty much been true to what they do.
Tom Araya
Yeah, yeah I think that's one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band. The biggest one is that we're Satan worshippers, but next to that just the fact that we're normal.
Tom Araya
You just keep telling yourself you're going to have a good show. You just try and muster up this energy, this anger, this hate.
Tom Araya
Tom Araya
After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean?
Tom Araya
As far as thinking about death and murder and various ways of killing people and how people die... I probably have the most twisted mind in Slayer.
Tom Araya
As long as it's good music, that's what's important.
Tom Araya
Because of time, we've learned that there are some things that you really have to maintain, like a normal home life; and that's a plus.
Tom Araya
Fortune is either with you or it's not.
Tom Araya
From the heaviest of the heavy to classical to country, that's what I listen to, I listen to a variety and I enjoy good music, good songs.
Tom Araya
I consider ourselves very fortunate, and I'm proud of our accomplishments and what we achieved and what we hope to achieve.
Tom Araya
I follow politics, but I don't like to discuss it.
Tom Araya
I had to be at least 8 or 9; I was listening to everything on the radio. You name it, I heard every song.
Tom Araya
I have a bunch of stuff written that we haven't used, but I haven't sat down and really focused on what to put toward the album.
Tom Araya
I have to really start focusing all my energies on making sure I remember the words, making sure I have a great performance.
Tom Araya
I just don't write musically, but lyrically, yeah I write.
Tom Araya
I just read true crime books.
Tom Araya
I read a book recently by a psychiatrist who was able to interview a few serial killers and she had a thesis on how you could figure these people out. And she thinks that there are things that could tell you whether someone has the potential to do that.
Tom Araya
I read true crime books, and I read when people do case studies of stuff. I'm into books like that. Case studies or forensics or murder - all that good stuff.
Tom Araya
I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming.
Tom Araya
I was born and raised Catholic.
Tom Araya
I went to school for about 2 years on a technical course, and I learned a lot. I learned about air mixture ratios and all the stuff; I learned how to draw blood.
Tom Araya
I would have to work on the song and figure out how they wanted the song done, because they're such high-intensity songs. We figure that out first, then I go back and listen to it and go over and rehearse stuff with it and try to get a feel for the words.
Tom Araya
I write, I write, I always write.
Tom Araya
I'm an all-around music person.
Tom Araya
I'm surprised when people notice me. That surprises me. And it's been happening a lot more lately than in the past.
Tom Araya
If it were bad songs, yeah, I'd speak up, but they're not bad songs.
Tom Araya
Megadeth had some great records too. Their first few records were good. But you know, there are some bands that are great, some bands that have just kinda fallen along the wayside.
Tom Araya
No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it.
Tom Araya
Oh yeah, our first tour in Europe they wouldn't give me the time off from work.
Tom Araya
So they have an idea of what they want to hear, but I have to sit there and do it. That's usually how we work stuff out.
Tom Araya
Sometimes I'll sing the same verse through the entire song, because the other verses aren't clicking. And when they do come to me, I'm in the middle of that same verse!
Tom Araya
That was the reasoning behind learning to play bass, and then after that it was more like it was neat to play songs together - for me to play bass and for him to play guitar.
Tom Araya
That's the one thing I miss when I'm out on the road is hanging out with my kids.
Tom Araya
They have to come up with decoder devices or scrambling devices so you can't copy a CD or DVD or anything else.
Tom Araya
Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer.
Tom Araya
We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there.
Tom Araya
We flew out to go as a family, and it wasn't bad. It was under a kind of dictatorship, I guess, but I didn't witness anything stupid going on.
Tom Araya
We have been fortunate, fortunate enough to have lasted as long as we have because a lot of bands don't last that long.
Tom Araya
We just bought a new house, so my wife's been doing all the moving and other stuff, so I would like to go home and just sit and enjoy all that for a couple months before I gotta start playing again.
Tom Araya
We used to have picketers and people - we still do; it's just not like it used to be.
Tom Araya
We would just be learning to play Beatles songs and Rolling Stones songs of that time - of the '60s. That's kinda what inspired me to play.
Tom Araya
Whatever had been on the radio in the '60s; I mean we were always listening to the radio.
Tom Araya
Whenever I see something, I've got this little Slayer chip in the back of my mind that tries to Slayer-ize everything I do.
Tom Araya
Yeah, Anthrax is good. They haven't changed either! Anthrax has pretty much been true to what they do.
Tom Araya
Yeah, yeah I think that's one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band. The biggest one is that we're Satan worshippers, but next to that just the fact that we're normal.
Tom Araya
You just keep telling yourself you're going to have a good show. You just try and muster up this energy, this anger, this hate.
Tom Araya