M. Shadows Quotes

The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band.

I don't really think that there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with.

I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.

In the Sixties, you needed talent to make it.

Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well.

In sport and business, everybody has to win.

With clever and mature people, it becomes clear: you shake hands, and look together towards the same goal.

Constantly writing with new people is important. Also, listening to new music that's popular and that's making a splash - that's how I get motivated.

We started out to finish groups like U2 - that was what it was all about.

I will tell you what, the Rock was my nemesis. We did enough for each other; we put each other over to be famous. If we didn't have that feud with each other, we wouldn't have had the success we both had in pro wrestling. We really did build each other. I'm very thankful we had those opportunities and those matches.

There were players I shared a dressing room with who didn't like each other. You don't have to talk to each other. You just need to win matches.

I don't get mentioned in too many things that deal with hip-hop, really, because I'm not really friends with anybody. Not in the way where I'm enemies with them; I just don't meet people.

When you do things right and you do things for the team, your individual goals, they come.

I'm aware of the other drag artists with makeup lines, and I celebrate them. The pie is big and there's room for everybody.

At the end of the day, every decision I make about my music is about creating a collective.

I thought that the music industry was going to be pretty easy - getting features and stuff - and everyone was going to be nice. But I realized that it's really, really hard to get features.

I feel like I don't fit in. There's not a lot of outlets for urban music, for black artists who don't have that crossover thing going early on.

The more players we have, the better it is for us.

Any of the bands that came out at the same time as us, they're either gone now, or they got just mega huge, like System of a Down or Incubus.

I want to appeal to everyone. Because I'm not saying I'm the best, but we the best.

Any city that's worth a dang certainly has a musical heartbeat, a culture, and a scene that can stand on its own.

Everybody enjoys each other's success. We are always pushing each other to get better on the field and off the field, helping each other out in the nets or in the gym. That's the most important thing.

If you're in a garage band, it's about being better than the band in the next-door garage. But in the folk tradition, it's more a vibe of sharing.

There should be more love in Toronto when it comes to the music and entertainment scenes instead of keeping that Screwface Capital name. There should be more artists eating together, more artists celebrating together and more artists making music together. That's how I feel.

One thing about being in Metallica is I've always felt challenged.