Quotes from Rob Halford

When I come off stage, I just shut up. I try as best I can not to use my voice at all. You know I love to talk, but I try when I come off stage to have the minimum amount of vocal interaction because I need at least a good 10 hours to just recover from my form of extreme singing.

If you go to the gym every day, it's not really good. Your muscles get fatigued. Your vocal cords are muscles - they get burned out, they get tired, so you've got to give them the chance to recover and repair during the night.

I love people. I love being in a band. I love making music.

Most of humanity just wants to live a peaceful life, don't we?

Teachers should not need to have to buy books for the kids, or pencils and pens. That's absurd.

It's your human right to push back against something you disagree with. You do that by voting for that guy instead of that guy, or that lady instead of that lady.

There are gay and lesbian people in all walks of life, in all different types of professions. I just happen to be a gay man who sings in a heavy metal band.

We're all people. We all need to just try and find a way to love each other and accept each other and try and make the world a better place.

The battle goes on for me; as a gay man, I shall not be happy until I see equality across the board.

If I was a billionaire, I'd have a warehouse full of Ferrari and Lamborghini, but I'm not.

I sing 'Nessun Dorma' when I warm up backstage.

I'm not an American citizen, but I live in this country and eventually want to become an American citizen because I love this country so much.

I think I've improved in a lot of ways because of being able to stay clean and sober.

When you start in any band, I don't think you have any idea as to how long your particular journey is going to last. You really don't have a clue. I think that when you come together as musicians, that's the furthest thing from your mind.

I like to remain somewhat anonymous. I could never handle the whole Britney Spears syndrome of being noticed everywhere.

Some songs are dead easy, and others can be quite challenging. Other times, you just have to put it in the bin.

When we talk about 'Firepower,' we're talking about the fire and power of heavy metal to prevail and endure difficulties. 'Children of the Sun,' is, to some extent, about climate change and the ecosystem... We want to deliver a message to the people without being too much of a teacher.

That's the life really isn't it? You write. You record. You play. And it never grows old.

Sometimes when I'm writing lyrics, it's a very loose train of thought, and wherever that takes me, I let it flow.

You've got to be able to compromise in a band; otherwise, somebody's more important than the next guy, and that's never been the case in Priest.

To have Judas Priest together? It's a real adventure, and we always feel excited when it's time to create a new record.

When I write lyrics for Priest, I'm writing them for Priest. I'm not writing them for me.

Oh God, don't let me go on Amazon Prime at one in the morning 'cause I always buy something I don't need.

Heavy metal is always going to be there. At its core, it's all about a primitive connection we all need to keep in our lives.