Kerry King famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I have tons of friends in the heavy-metal music world, and just going to see them inspires me.
-- Kerry King

#Inspire #World #Heavy Metal
Venom were the first thrash band i heard on record-it really pushed me to the best!
-- Kerry King

#Band #Records #Firsts
I'm always using a towel around my head. Airports don't worry about me.
-- Kerry King

#Airports #Worry #Towels
Even though there's these songs and whoever the hell put it in the internet, if there's any good riffs in them, we raped the songs and put in the new ones.
-- Kerry King

#Song #Uprising #Internet
It's fun when you are on tour to go a place you are familiar with in any given city. It's like being home away from home.
-- Kerry King

#Fun #Home #Cities
The worst thing about touring is the travel.
-- Kerry King

#Touring #Worst
Check bags are fun. I just make sure there won't be anything illegal in my check bag which is forbidden at a cabin of a plane. Just leaving things like scissors and such out of my carry-on things in order to avoid troubles with some certain airline, y'know.
-- Kerry King

#Fun #Order #Leaving
I write when I have to; I write when the song is done and I deal with the idea and I just go with it and I'll become what that song is all about until I have finished it. And when you do that, it makes the song more visual, it makes it more personal.
-- Kerry King

#Song #Writing #Ideas
I don't reflect much, unless I'm talking to the media. I have more of a 'Forward, march!' kind of attitude.
-- Kerry King

#Attitude #Media #Talking
In the crazy world of touring, if something gets stuck at customs, I can do a show with just my amp!
-- Kerry King

#Crazy #World #Touring
I think no matter what kind of music you play, there will be moments when you feel like it's all been done before.
-- Kerry King

#Thinking #Play #Done
I just saw Jensen the other day. They are gonna be in the States at the same time when we are doing the tour, Se we'll see if we are going to see somewhere.
-- Kerry King

#Journey #Saws #States
I play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I'm not too fond of the P.A. either.
-- Kerry King

#Play #Benefits #Affection
This record was supposed to come out in July already, but it just got delayed and delayed, so, well, I guess it was just coincidence.
-- Kerry King

#July #Records #Coincidence
Chart numbers can be deceiving. An album doesn't have to sell that much these days to show up really high on the charts.
-- Kerry King

#Numbers #Albums #Deceiving
If I'm ever feeling uninspired, all I have to do is go see Exodus or Arch Enemy, and think 'Oh yeah, that's what we're doing this for.'
-- Kerry King

#Thinking #Feelings #Enemy
We haven't played that many of them because all our gear was over here waiting for us when we could get here. So we didn't get to rehearse any of the new stuff, so we have planned to play 3 or 4 new ones.
-- Kerry King

#Play #Waiting #Gears
If you're a gay person I'd rather not be stuck in a lift with you.
-- Kerry King

#Gay #Rock N Roll #Stuck
If you dont tour, you cannot expect to sell a huge numbers of your albums either. It was both a business - and an economical decision and we wanted to play anyway. We just wanted to get out for the tour when it was safe enough for us.
-- Kerry King

#Play #Numbers #Decision
I don't really have a life philosophy; my thing is just rebelling against pretty much organized religion. That is my main thing, because personally I think it's a crutch for people that are too weak to get through life on their own. I'm the kind of guy that says if I don't see it, then it doesn't work. And nobody can show me God.
-- Kerry King

#Philosophy #Thinking #People
Best Buy. I heard recently they are downsizing and I got sad! I remember when Circuit City was around, I never understood why people would shop there. I always thought Best Buy had a better selection and cheaper prices.
-- Kerry King

#Cities #People #Remember
My first figure was a SLAYER eagle. And the dragons and the tribals are all I have got.
-- Kerry King

#Dragons #Eagles #Firsts
When something irritates me, I don't go home and write; I just don't do that.
-- Kerry King

#Home #Writing #Irritated
It's hard 'coz you have got different time zones; you can't sleep and y'know, it's boring way for the show to happen, but you do off the stage. Y'know, onstage it's all better.
-- Kerry King

#Sleep #Different #Way
My strangest media moment a photo session they all had dressed up like 50 gangsters. That was pretty cool. We have to get some more of those kind of photos sometimes.
-- Kerry King

#Media #Kind #Sometimes

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