Nita Strauss Quotes

I will champion this forever - that the rock and metal scene is absolutely the most inclusive, amazing, supportive community that I've ever been a part of.

Japan has really great fans for all kinds of music. I think they're keeping metal alive.

I've always said that Pantera fans were the best in the world, and I truly meant that, and I still mean it.

I'm playin' music for a certain type of person. Fortunately, there are more and more of us. At least there are more comin' to see me than there were 30 years ago or so.

Either people are going to start getting us, or they're not. And if they're not, I want them to quit wasting my time. I just want people to really get into the band.

I think everyone's trying to come up together and bring up other bands along the way, and we've always been really blessed to have bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden take us under their wing and say nice things about us.

My fans love everything. You can find my fans at a Drake show; you'll find my fans at Post Malone all the way to Pink. They just love music in general.

We're incredibly excited to be launching Communion in America, where not only are there literally thousands of excellent musicians that we want to promote, but it's also a country full of passionate music fans that we want to feel part of the Communion experience. It's a massive deal for us to expand, and we cannot wait to get cracking.

Almost all the fans I meet are pretty cool people. They're intelligent and tend to think about things a bit more than your average rock'n'roll fans: sensible people I wouldn't mind having a drink with.

Not everybody in the country-music community is like me - I just happen to be one of the guys that is stereotypical.

It's really cool to see glowsticks at the show, to see dance music culture infiltrating and becoming one with the metal community.

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.

I don't have a Madonna-sized fan base, so I can actually e-mail and talk to everyone that e-mails me because I am totally appreciative, and I like my fans! They seem to have the same interests as me. They are kind of nerdy and cool - and have good taste, obviously.

I don't think of anyone as a 'groupie.' People who connect with my music are just inspiring and amazing.

I feel like in a lot of ways I can relate to the fans, just being a fan of music myself.

Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music.

Obviously, I love country music, so I wanna be able to live in the country music genre and then play to country music fans.

The best compliment I get every year is that a band will write me and say, 'We were just on tour, and we had people coming to our show saying they had never heard us before they heard us on your show.'

I like to support local record stores.

If I opened a record store, it wouldn't be all punk rock and esoterica.

What I do know is rock and roll and metal never goes away, ever. It took the back seat in America in the '90s. In Japan and South America, it was still really big. I never followed trends, so I don't know the exact function of them.

The music I do and the fans I attract? I got crazy fans.

I want my fans to listen to my music. Period.

I definitely felt the love from L.A. from the get go. People appreciate good music out here.

I want y'all to know that all of the music I make is for the people that truly appreciate it and care about it.