47 Quotes by Jeff Hanneman

Everybody has a dark side. It's just we are very in touch with it.

I'm pretty much an atheist, so I'd say this world is the only thing we got.

If you're living a nice lifestyle and you have no problems, you put on our record, you won't get it.

I feel you should be able to write about whatever you want.

I don't listen to much rap outside of Run DMC and the Beasties, but then I'm pretty burned out on most new music.

The whole nature of war is both stupid and fascinating. It's this big game, except people die. Yet we still keep on playing it because of the big power struggles that exist all over the world. It's really amazing to me that people really do that.

To us, being the bad guys is cool, because we always root for the bad guys in the movies.

It's kind of weird to think about our fan base now, where our hard-core fans have kids, families and jobs.

It's nice to be respected, but it doesn't really matter. What's important is that if I wasn't in Slayer, it's still the band I'd want to see.