25 Quotes by David Pajo

Louisville was also good place for being able to make whatever kind of music you wanted to. You didn’t have to worry about renting a practice space or figure out when another band would be in there or worry about if your stuff is going to get stolen.

We were pretty normal – suburban kids having a good time playing in bands. We were silly. We weren’t dark, intense, humorless people. Humor was one of the connecting forces among us. It was more like camaraderie.

Personally, I love the cookie monster grunts. I like how they alienate listeners. We sound the way we sound. We’re individuals. We don’t all like the same music. Everybody contributes their own influences, style, and history.

In my entire life I never set out to do anything ground-breaking or pioneering, and I’m not going to start anytime soon.

There are so many things that kept forcing metal back down to the underground. It survives everywhere on the planet.

Now since I’ve gotten back into it, I’ve been listening to a lot more of the 1990s death metal type stuff.

I listen to every type of metal under the sun. I’m not very discerning.

I’m looking for anything interesting in the guitar playing, songwriting, artwork, and production. If you look at the stack of CDs on my desk and in my car, you’ll find a very wide range of music under the umbrella of metal.

When we woke up every morning, one of our things was, “Let’s go put a new sign in the back window of the van.” Those are the different signs we had up in the back of our van, so that the people behind us could have something enjoyable to look at.