Kerry King

“In the crazy world of touring, if something gets stuck at customs, I can do a show with just my amp!”

“If I'm ever feeling uninspired, all I have to do is go see Exodus or Arch Enemy, and think 'Oh yeah, that's what we're doing this for.'”

“Check bags are fun. I just make sure there won't be anything illegal in my check bag which is forbidden at a cabin of a plane. Just leaving things like scissors and such out of my carry-on t...”

“It was only supposed to be on WCW compilation; on that wrestling compilation. And for that I thought it was good. And then we threw it on our record as well.”

“Chart numbers can be deceiving. An album doesn't have to sell that much these days to show up really high on the charts.”

“If you don't tour, you cannot expect to sell a huge numbers of your albums either. It was both a business - and an economical decision and we wanted to play anyway. We just wanted to get out...”

“My strangest media moment a photo session they all had dressed up like 50 gangsters. That was pretty cool. We have to get some more of those kind of photos sometimes.”

“When we finally got to play that and we had a great show there, well I can tell it was pretty awesome. Y'know, we probably did bigger festivals since then; we probably headlined bigger festi...”

“When something irritates me, I don't go home and write; I just don't do that.”

“I have tons of friends in the heavy-metal music world, and just going to see them inspires me.”

“It's a new perspective where I got a role in and they are just spewed out of my mouth.”

“Traditionally the show must go on which is a stupid thing to say, but that in a nutshell is what's going on. We have a new record out; if we won't tour, the new record dies. It's reality - i...”

“Well, to be honest with you, yes there is and there is not. But as I am a fan of this kind of music as well as the rest of the guys naturally are - and being a fan, we kind of get pleased by...”

“My first figure was a SLAYER eagle. And the dragons and the tribals are all I have got.”

“I think the church and the religion right now have a lot more to be worried about than SLAYER.”