Vinnie Paul Quotes

Do I think anything I ever do will be as big as Motley Crue? It's impossible.

The best pop songs are the ones that show that person's personality. It's harder to do those singles because the stars, moon and sun have to align and the audience have to be ready, but it's worth waiting for it.

There's a lot of rappers out there, a lot of gay girls expressing themselves; I'm not the first to say it; I'm not the first to rap about it. But I'm the one who broke down those doors that everybody has been trying to break down. I did that. I'm the one who went triple platinum first.

In the year after we signed with I.R.S. we made a record, started our own tour, toured with the Police, and our record went to No. 1. It was insane.

I created something that became a phenomenon without becoming a prisoner to it.

I never had huge amounts of money when I was young. I had huge amounts of fame, and I always had the sense of labor and recompense. I always said I don't want to work for pay, but I want to get paid for my song.

When you're making a record - and I've never said this to anybody, but it's true - when you're making a record, and you go, 'Man, this might win a Grammy!' you feel that level of confidence when you're making a record.

It's never been our intention to sell millions of albums, but if our message touches that many people, then so be it.

I'm really proud of what I do with Hellyeah, and I'm focused on it.

You can't buy being a rock star.

There's a lot of pressure that comes from the mainstream stuff, and already people who have been saying - people who don't know any better - have been saying things to me like, 'You should really think about neosoul. You'd definitely be more successful in that.' But that's not my expression.

Our story is in two halves, as the band's career up to Freddie's death was 20 years, and 20 years later, our music is as popular as it was then. It's a sort of everlasting... income.

Any artist who sticks around in the public awareness for more than 20 years usually has something unique to say.

Weird Al is not gonna do a parody of your song if you're not doing it big.

We played nightclubs for seven years solid before we got a record deal, and then 'Cowboys From Hell' and 'Vulgar Display Of Power,' we toured non-stop four years for those records, and we developed the most brutal, loyal fan base on the face of the earth.

It took me nine years to get my first release. I have worked for it. I have earned it. I couldn't have asked for a better debut than 'Masaan.'

We don't want to just be known for what we did. We want to be known for what we do and what we did. We've been highly productive since 2000 when 'Crush' came out.

Honestly, as a rapper, the Freshman list is definitely the biggest milestone. Culture-wise - anything-wise - that's the biggest stamp.

When heavy metal was really big in the '80s, it was huge, and then it kind of waned down and kind of came back.

I think, Koreans, they're really hard-working people. They're really innovative, and they try new things all the time, so I think it's just a matter of time when everyone will know K-pop.

The sacrifice musicians make, the results they achieve are fantastic. These are the big people as far as I am concerned. So if they are temperamental, I don't hold it against them after all they had to go through to get to the top.

It took a long time for hip-hop to become commercial. Now there's all these big black icons that came from nowhere to somewhere. Look at Jay-Z! People stopped being threatened by the music and just started to appreciate that it's good.

Y'all should be happy for me. It's funny, compared to my peers, my catalog isn't even that big, but I'm still getting a lot of notoriety because my songs do really well. I'm working hard and minding my own business and trying to do something I'm super passionate about.

I don't have any regrets. I have made over 60 million people happy with my records.

The Roses should have made it as the biggest band since The Beatles, but we didn't.