Quotes from Chuck Schuldiner

Life ends so fast, so take your chance, and make it last.

Music should not be a contest, it should be an individual thing that each band is putting out from within themselves.

The fragile art of existenceIs kept alive by sheer persistenceThe fragile art of existence.No time for self-pityNo time for dwelling on what should have beenBut is yet to be.

There aren't demons flying around with horns, people are demons.

I try to be positive, and from 'Individual'... which was an angry record. I got a lot of mail from people pouring out their feelings, saying that they could really relate to certain topics that I touched upon. When I read that, it lets know that there are people out there that are people out there who are going through the same things.

A trend is exactly that, and it's going to disappear.

There are no limits, you are only limited by however far you want to be limited

Death metal has now become exclusively about being evil, Satanic and playing full speed ahead. It's not what I'm into at all.

At all times, musicians are replaceable. Friends are not.

When I first got involved in the underground metal scene in '82, '83, there were only about five or six major Death or Black Metal bands around. There were so many other bands that were inspirational, that really helped.