Quotes from Eddie Trunk

Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.

In a way, Jersey really supports rock, maybe more than New York City and Long Island. I know plenty of bands that tour and do much better at Starland or other clubs in New Jersey than others in the tri-state area.

When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.

I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library.

Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.

My interviewing style and my approach to things is that, yes, it's okay to be sincere; it's okay to be yourself; it's okay to be real.

Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong.

It's hard for people to realize now, but my gosh, when I was in school, you could not name a group that was less cool than Kiss. Going in to school with a Kiss T-shirt, you were asking for ridicule. In '77, they were one of the biggest bands in the world, but by '80, there was a severe backlash.

Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion.

Metal never goes away. It drifts in and out, but the true fans are always there for it.

The biggest compliments I've heard about 'That Metal Show' are the ones from people that say that they don't even listen to this kind of music, but, 'We love watching the show.'

Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing.

When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the interest they'd have in trying to get a photo with an artist or get a ticket stub signed. I guess, to me, that's the ultimate thing - to know that what you've done is important enough to other people that they want to take a picture with you.

One thing I've learned, and I don't really blame anybody for this: most people who have a lot of money are the people that want to make money more than anyone. I've seen it with athletes, I've seen it with musicians, you know?

I wrote the music column in my high school newspaper.

I want to be the Letterman of metal. I want five nights a week, Monday to Friday, 11 to 12, live. I always shoot for the moon.

Guys like Howard Stern, Bill O'Reilly, Jim Rome, Bill Maher, those are the guys I love and respect as broadcasters.

One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews.

My father will go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra every single year. I mean, he's completely into it.

I wasn't a good student in high school. I mean, I got through it, but unless it had something to do with music, it didn't really interest me.

I have literally been working in music just about my entire life.