M. Shadows Quotes

All these interviews I'm doing - this is the kind of stuff that I was dreaming about doing when I was younger. I was praying for people to want to write about me. I wanted people to hear my music. I wanted to perform. I wanted to be on billboards.

I'm hungry for VMAs and Grammys. That's my main goal.

I would love to have a number one hit. The truth is if I don't get one, I'll be fine, but at the same time, the truth is that I'm dying for one, as well.

When you look at the artists who have come up through 'Billboard' over the years, it's incredible.

I think every artist wants to have that 'Grammy award winner' tag in front of their name.

I remember Robert Plant coming backstage after the first show saying, 'Hey, boys, I should be opening for you.' That felt pretty good.

It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.

I never thought that I would have the No 1 song in the world.

It's weird to think about being introduced as 'Hall of Fame members Rascal Flatts.'

Is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that important to me? No. Is it something I've aspired towards? No.

We were overwhelmed by how much the first album connected with people, but I wouldn't put us in the 'pop star' realm.

I never thought that I would share a hit parade with the Beatles.

Kiss is the number-one American band in gold-record sales. In the world, only the Beatles and the Stones are ahead of us. Every other band should be wiping my ass. The line forms over there to the left.

Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars.

I'd just hit the Billboard thing, and I had a good feeling. About a month ago, I received a call that said I was in the running, that I'd made the final 25. So I just wanted to place.

I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.

Some musicians like to decorate their walls with discs saying: '1 million records sold in America.' I prefer to put up discs marking sales in lesser-known countries.

As I said to Ringo, I was in a successful Rock N Roll band. He was in a band that changed the world. That's the difference.

If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music.

If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world.

I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on.

Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.

All I could think about was, 'I just wanna blow him away. I wanna make him proud, because I really wanna sign with Timbaland and spend the rest of my career making music with Tim.'

There are plenty of people in the world who have tried to be rock stars and have not gotten there.

The stuff I write I'm very proud of, but I'm smart enough to know I'll never get on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' next to Elvis Costello.