58 Quotes by Scott Ian

If someone wants to sticker a record for whatever reason, that’s fine. But once it affects someone’s opportunity to, you know, get that record, then I have a problem with it.

A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perform those songs as best as I can on stage – that’s what the guitar for me has always been.

To be honest, I’m one of the least-technical guitar players around. I just want a guitar to feel good and sound good. That’s it, period.

What is it about a zombie that appeals to me? I don’t know. Maybe that it’s just the most possible – I don’t know – of all the supernatural entities.

When you’re younger – duh – you don’t really have the tools to deal with certain things in your life.

I don’t even know who that person was in the ’80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and I don’t even recognize myself.

Nobody gets into a band and thinks they’re going to have a 30-year career.

I’m certainly not a practicing Jew. I would never claim, ‘I’m Jewish.’ That’s not the first and foremost thing in my mind, as far as who I am as a person.

I have enough to think about – I just don’t ever want to have to think about my car.