Jeff Hanneman Quotes

I wasn't into pop music, even at a really young age.

The Rolling Stones are violence. Their music penetrates the raw nerve endings of their listeners and finds its way into the groove marked 'release of frustration.'

I'm not really into rap.

I don't really have a lot of hip-hop and all of that, so I have a lot of John Lennon. That's one that I really like, and The Clash, the Rolling Stones, groups that I think are kind of timeless.

I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff.

I'm not a country picker, really - I like a nice, beefy, raunchy sort of sound.

I've got wide tastes, but I don't like jazz.

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop.

I pretty much like all music except for country. I'm not a big fan of country.

I never listened to country music growing up.

I have to admit, I do not listen to much rock music.

I was never attracted to the pop world. I listen to music that is pop sometimes. But I've never thought, 'Oh, I need to work with Ne-Yo now.' It's never really been my thing.

I mean I like pop music, and I like heavy music and, stuff that I like... the band I've signed on to our label right now; they're called The Sounds. They're kind of like a new-wave pop band.

I don't listen to a ton of rock music.

I quite like American music, like The Fray - I'm a massive fan of them - and The Killers. I also like more acoustic stuff like Ed Sheeran; I like this English songwriter James Morrison and another singer called Ben Howard.

In my house, I don't just always listen to rap.

I'm not a big punk fan, but I love a good, solid screamer.

I believe in rock and roll and heavy music in general.

I'm not a big country guy even though I'm from Nashville. I like some songs, but I wouldn't turn on a country radio station or anything.

Those that know me know that I'm not 100% in love with commercial pop music. It's not my preferred genre - I don't do squeaky clean pop.

What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.

I don't like pop music.

Certainly that's what I like in a lot of the music that I listen to, kind of a sexual energy. Guitars and rock get it across best for me.

I'm not exclusively into R&B. I like Usher.

Rock and roll promotes a primitive and destructive lifestyle. Metal can be seen as a subgenre of rock and roll, and thus, metal is not much better.