67 Quotes by Tom Araya

I read true crime books, and I read when people do case studies of stuff. I'm into books like that. Case studies or forensics or murder - all that good stuff.

No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it

When I heard the idea of a Slayer wine, I tasted the wines they suggested for us. To be honest, I was a bit skeptical at first before I tasted it, but once I tried it, I thought, 'You know what? This is actually really good. A really fruity and round type of flavor for a red wine.' It's very flavorful and tasted awesome!

After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean?

I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming.

If it were bad songs, yeah, I'd speak up, but they're not bad songs.

Slayer has always been about the sound. We have to sound good. It has to be tight.

Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer

Whatever had been on the radio in the '60s; I mean we were always listening to the radio