Quotes by Scott Ian

Scott Ian

A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perform those songs as best as I can on stage – that’s what the guitar for me has always been.

Guitar

Song

Writing

Anthrax, it’s something that gets you sick, it’s horrible, strong. It’s a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.

Names

Sick

Strong

As big as Metallica are, they’re still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they’re still not U2 or Lady Gaga. It’s still underground.

Bigs

Metallica

Pops

At some point around ’94 or ’95, ‘Rolling Stone’ said that guitar rock was dead and that the Chemical Brothers were the future. I think that was the last issue of ‘Rolling Stone’ I ever bought.

Brother

Issues

Thinking

Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out about bands. It’s kind of the same way these days. In a way even less because there are no record stores to go to anymore.

Band

Kids

Would Be

Everything I do is metal. When I clean my house, it’s metal.

Clean

House

Metals

Frank Zappa… was Beethoven for insane rock guys.

Guy

Insane

Rocks

I could care less about sitting around and practicing the guitar for hours a day and trying to be the best guitar player on the planet.

Guitar

Player

Trying

I don’t even know who that person was in the ’80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and I don’t even recognize myself.

Knows

Persons

Pictures Of Myself

I find it much easier to write comic-books than lyrics actually because it’s a natural dialogue. Writing song lyrics is not natural but over the years I know what I need to know to get it done. I find it quite easy to capture a character and use my own personality and humour.

Character

Song

Writing

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Able

Appeals

Baby

Band

Bigs

Book

Brother

Car

Careers

Certain

Character

Clean

Different

Difficult

Duh

Entity

Fans

Feel Good

Feelings

Firsts

Fun

Giants

Going Away

Good Times

Grandfather

Guitar

Guy

Heavy

Heavy Metal

Home

House

Influence

Insane

Internet

Issues

Kids

Kind

Knows

Men

Metallica

Metals

Mind

Names

Nerd

Opportunity

Parent

People

Persons

Pictures Of Myself

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Quotes by Scott Ian

Scott Ian

A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perform those songs as best as I can on stage – that’s what the guitar for me has always been.

Anthrax, it’s something that gets you sick, it’s horrible, strong. It’s a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.

As big as Metallica are, they’re still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they’re still not U2 or Lady Gaga. It’s still underground.

At some point around ’94 or ’95, ‘Rolling Stone’ said that guitar rock was dead and that the Chemical Brothers were the future. I think that was the last issue of ‘Rolling Stone’ I ever bought.

Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out about bands. It’s kind of the same way these days. In a way even less because there are no record stores to go to anymore.

Everything I do is metal. When I clean my house, it’s metal.

Frank Zappa… was Beethoven for insane rock guys.

I could care less about sitting around and practicing the guitar for hours a day and trying to be the best guitar player on the planet.

I don’t even know who that person was in the ’80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and I don’t even recognize myself.

I find it much easier to write comic-books than lyrics actually because it’s a natural dialogue. Writing song lyrics is not natural but over the years I know what I need to know to get it done. I find it quite easy to capture a character and use my own personality and humour.

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