47 Quotes by Jeff Hanneman

Pro Tools rules. You get the opportunity to try more things because you don't waste so much time trying to get the perfect take.

I actually have only one Jackson! ESP makes all of my guitars now. But that Jackson was probably the last one I paid for, which is why I used it so much; I had to get my money's worth. That's why, for the longest time, it was in all of our photos.

I hang with my woman, and with some friends that have nothing to do with Slayer. I also like to watch sports and go to hockey and football games.

I have a method of working on music: I'll get up in the morning and throw down some drums on my drum machine, and then I'll come back later and try to pop off rhythms to it.

The majority of our fans are dudes. And the chicks you do see at our shows are probably there because of a dude. Slayer shows are nothing but sausage fests. We always joke that we really need to write some love songs or something.

I was really into metal when I was growing up. It was just something I thought I could do and wanted to try.

Play as much as you can. That's what I had to do because of my inexperience. And don't get frustrated.

That gets me upset- you're jamming along, checking out the crowd and having a good time, and then your equipment goes down. You can't just stop the show and say, 'Oh, Jeff's got a guitar problem.'

My first guitar was a Les Paul that I bought off a friend for 500 bucks. I worked a long time to save up enough money for it.