Quotes from David Draiman

There's nothing that can lock a memory in your mind more distinctly than with a piece of music. It's so easy to remember something so vividly and so perfectly when you score it to something.

Ninety percent of the time, I'm a laid-back teddy-bear dude.

To be perfectly honest with you, I think that The Darkness is a joke, and that's, unfortunately, exactly what the world wants.

I'm a fan of good music, period.

It used to be that, whenever I walked around without my old piercings, that I was very rarely recognized - it wasn't a common thing; I could be somewhat incognito.

Individuality is a personal thing. It's based on your own personal feelings and expression of self. So, really, it's nobody's business to judge you but yourself. And if you feel that you're expressing yourself as an individual, and you feel confident in it, then that really should be all that matters.

There'd be no merit to replicating something, to repeating something. As artists and as musicians, you wanna continue to go in different directions and develop.

The way I sing is extremely physical, and it was causing acid from my stomach to wash up to my vocal cords and burn them.

It's multifaceted, the message to our music. It's not just that. It's about individuality, development of self, finding things in life that you can be passionate about.

I want to lead people toward finding hope through the purity and healing power of metal.

I support the troops with every fiber of my being. I don't support them having their lives wasted.

I've been blessed with a platform and a voice, and I owe it to myself and my family and our people to use it responsibly.

I come from a classical background.

Every politician, in order to be a politician, has to be adept at the art of one and one thing only, and that is lying.

I hate all politicians equally.

I'm pretty much done with political commentary. I've said everything I could possibly say. I've been a big mouth for long enough.

Music is meant to cross boundaries.

'In Another Time' talks about our addiction to technology.

The Device experience was amazing. I enjoyed working with everyone that I was blessed with the opportunity to work with, and you learn so much going outside of your normal world and outside your box, so to speak.

'The Sound Of Silence' taught us that we shouldn't be afraid of pushing the boundaries.

Social media has become a high school playground where the challenge is what idiot can come up with the best insult, and do you end up congratulating them for it?

I'm still a businessman. But what I do for my primary living and what is my life is music, and that will never change.

The power, the complexity, the aggression - there's so many things that would attract anyone to Metallica. I think that they are the prime example of a metal band.

I'm a fan of Genesis prior to Phil Collins. I don't really like Phil.