67 Quotes by Tom Araya

I write, I write, I always write.

Sometimes when I've gone out and murdered somebody I go and confess and stuff. And then God loves me again.

I believe in a supreme being, yeah. But He’s an all-loving God.

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.

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

Sometimes when I’ve gone out and murdered somebody I go and confess and stuff. And then God loves me again.

Yeah, yeah I think that’s one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band. The biggest one is that we’re Satan worshippers, but next to that just the fact that we’re normal.

We just bought a new house, so my wife’s been doing all the moving and other stuff, so I would like to go home and just sit and enjoy all that for a couple months before I gotta start playing again.

Our album ‘Show No Mercy’ came out in late ’83, and we did three or four shows in San Francisco after the release. That was our first experience with stage-divers, crowd-surfing, people walking on people across an entire crowd.