Quotes from Max Cavalera

I think the first Soulfly album is one of the strongest records I've ever made. It was definitely the most difficult album to record. There was a lot of pressure and anger going on at the time. It felt like a therapy session in many ways, but that's why I think it's such a truthful album. It holds up.

I liked Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Melvins. I didn't really care much for Pearl Jam.

We get to travel to Siberia, Japan, China, Australia, South America and even the little cities all around America. It's probably my favorite thing about being in a band.

Nailbomb was never really a big record. It's big in the underground. It's huge and it developed a big cult following.

Music is never-ending, that's what I love about it. Even after we're dead, this music will still exist... that's the best bit. That's metal.

If you do it with passion - you just have to have passion for what you're doing - and sometimes you've gotta go into these unknown territories and just see what happens. And don't be scared of it, don't be afraid - just go for it.

We were always broke and always complaining about something and music came and gave us a reason. That's why we started Sepultura.

I've always tried to stay true to myself, do things that I like, that I believe are right. That people like it is cool.

First and foremost: I'm a metal fan. I'm a musician, an artist, but I'm a complete fan and I've never grown out of the complete fan faze I had when I was 13 or 14 - that's always stayed with me. I'm always trying to discover new bands.

Chemistry is so difficult to explain. It's there or it's not. And I notice with people it sometimes is there and then disappears with time.

To me, if I retire tomorrow, what the hell am I gonna do? Sit around the house and do nothing? I would drive everybody crazy, including myself. I would go nuts - literally, I would go insane.

I'm a huge Obituary fan.

I think when things are unpredictable, they don't turn out how you imagine.

Life goes on, and we have to keep coming up with fresh ideas.

Some people love 'Roots;' some people hate 'Roots.' Some people only like the old stuff. Some people want me to play like I did when I was 15. I can't do that all the time. I try to bring a little bit of that into some stuff that I do, but I can't just be that only. There's much more to life than that.

Roots' was the first album on which I recorded a berimbau. After that, I recorded it a bunch for Soulfly and other projects. I really enjoy the instrument even though it's only one string. It's really unique-sounding. It's very striking, and you know right away that it's a berimbau - it's one of a kind.

I always think of the 'Schizophrenia' album as being like the cover of the Scorpions' 'Blackout.' It's got this guy breaking out of the glass, but he's got a straightjacket on. I think it's a bit of 'Blackout' mixed with a little bit of 'A Clockwork Orange.'

I started to listen to music in '80 or '81, bands like Queen or Kiss. Then in '83, when I first got into Slayer and Venom and stuff like that, they just blew my mind.

I'm very proud of 'Arise.'

I wanted to be a drummer but my brother Iggor was better at it, so I took up guitar instead.

We all have violence inside of us, but we try to channel it into what we do.

I always wanted to do a song with a violin; I always loved the sound of the instrument, especially for melodic stuff.

We sat outside the studio at night, among a few candles, and closed our eyes for a minute. After that, we jammed straight from our hearts. We didn't play for ourselves, but for the ones no longer with us in flesh, but always with us in spirit. God bless. Until we meet again. Soul fly... fly free