Top 106 Quotes & Sayings by David Draiman
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
I'm incredibly defiant against neo-Nazis and skinheads.
I have a real estate development company. I have investments in all sorts of things, and I dabble all over the place.
We had a master sergeant present us with the Bronze Star of Valor he had gotten because he had felt we were the eighth men of the platoon.
The Internet, sadly, has become a preying ground for trolls and just predators. And when you're in the position that I'm in, and you have a wife and a child who had just come into this world not too long ago, you start wondering whether or not that continued interaction and some of the threats and some of the nonsense are worth it.
The fans who know us, and me in particular, know the type of people we are. I like the finer things. We've gone through our McDonald's and Burger King phase.
Other music that 'Ride The Lightning' led me to discover was to start really kind of sinking my teeth into some of the thrash of the era that I literally had no exposure to - whether it was Slayer, whether it was Testament, whether it was Megadeth. It was the opening of a doorway, for me, to a whole new palette of music.
The God's honest truth is that, being the singer, my body's my instrument.
I support liberty; I support true freedom.
There's nothing that can lock a memory in your mind more distinctly than with a piece of music. It's so easy to remember something so vividly and so perfectly when you score it to something.
There's everybody in the world who is always trying, time and time again, to proclaim the death of rock, or hard rock and heavy metal. Not if I have anything to do with it, not if we have anything to do with it.
'Savior Of Nothing' calls out the would-be social justice warriors of the world who become so enveloped in fighting so passionately that they become exactly what they're trying to correct. They preach acceptance so much they become unaccepting.
I'm a very active angel investor in a number of different companies.
'Creeping Death' - that was a special song for me as a kid, because that was the one that every single Jewish kid thought, 'Oh, Metallica wrote a song for us. He wrote it about the exodus of the Jews from Egypt under slavery.'
I in no way, shape, or form envision myself as the modern-day Ozzy Osbourne - nobody can.
For whatever reason, the mainstream media, for the most part, affixes itself to progressive or liberal propaganda.
I've been blessed with a platform and a voice, and I owe it to myself and my family and our people to use it responsibly.
'Fade To Black' - just this amazing construct: a song that defied the definition of what Metallica was perceived to be at the time.
I'm done. Done with social media. Done.
Oh, I'm going to raise him on Black Sabbath and Metallica and football and MMA and all things that should matter for a young boy, and discipline and strength and honor and courage and everything that I would hope to instill within my son.
There are definitely confines within the style of Disturbed that we needed to stay true to, but we've always pushed that envelope. We always continued to develop with each successive record.
The level of study that I was at, I was probably only about two or three years away from being ordained as a rabbi, so I really needed to figure out in my head where I wanted to go with things. And I just couldn't do it habitually anymore.
I think that we're more united than the media would care to admit. We're not as divided as the perception would relay - not in the United States, not anywhere, really, in the world.
'Immortalized' is hopefully what music does for everyone in terms of emotions, in terms of experiences, in terms of being people who create it.
The forces that precipitate the vicious cycle of conflict on this planet do not pledge allegiance to either the left or the right or the center. They take advantage of everyone.
I think that people are too... They've become genre snobs.
I try not to mix the politics as much with the band, per se, because my political views are my own; they're not necessarily the band's.
I grew a very strong dislike for the organized aspect of religion over the course of time.
The media continues to spin the State of Israel and Jews as war-mongering, evil people, which we are not.
'The Sound Of Silence' taught us that we shouldn't be afraid of pushing the boundaries.
I think there's no truer and more pure purpose than to be able to refine your art to a point where you feel it's as possible as it can be.
I will always be a proud defender of the Jewish people and of the State of Israel.
I'm still a businessman. But what I do for my primary living and what is my life is music, and that will never change.
I can't deny the impact of, obviously, becoming a father and having my son come into this world, and even becoming a husband. The irony is that, when people think that in certain ways it softens you, in many ways, I'm more defensive and more on guard and more frightened and more angry at everything in this world now that I have them to worry about.
I hate all politicians equally.
Look, it makes sense to be able to take part of what you've earned in this life and have it grow. And I hope that other musicians out there that do have their moments of profit and of success are wise enough not to squander those profits and that success.
Individuality is a personal thing. It's based on your own personal feelings and expression of self. So, really, it's nobody's business to judge you but yourself. And if you feel that you're expressing yourself as an individual, and you feel confident in it, then that really should be all that matters.
The Device experience was amazing. I enjoyed working with everyone that I was blessed with the opportunity to work with, and you learn so much going outside of your normal world and outside your box, so to speak.
'In Another Time' talks about our addiction to technology.
People make their own destinies.
It's impossible to utilize your right to free speech in the way you truly deserve and not suffer repercussions on any level.
I do think about and do occasionally take my wife and son out with me on tour. It's difficult.
I think that, in my humble opinion, that the world is divided, and the media has a very good, a very predictable habit of emphasizing whatever will keep people clicking.
All I can ever hope to be to my son is someone who's supportive, someone who listens and understands and points out possible other ways of thinking, ways of feeling, ways of approaching things, suggests rather than demands.
I used to have, and I still do have, really bad acid reflux. I had a surgical procedure done... that repaired a valve at the top of my stomach that had completely burned away.
I'm a fan of the 'Underworld' films, but I don't necessarily consider them horror.
I'm lucky that I've been able to do things in my career that is affording us the luxury of not having to travel in a van to tour.
Every politician, in order to be a politician, has to be adept at the art of one and one thing only, and that is lying.
What makes you a rock star is what are you able to do when you get behind that microphone, when you put that guitar in your hands, when you wield those drumsticks, and when you raise your hand in front of twenty thousand people: do they respond? That's being a rock star.
I'm a huge Kiss fan.
I love hooks, but getting radio airplay has never been a concern to me while I'm writing. That would be a very stifling and imprisoning way of writing music.
Music is meant to cross boundaries.
The power, the complexity, the aggression - there's so many things that would attract anyone to Metallica. I think that they are the prime example of a metal band.
I was never the guy who was going to try to use my social media to be a source of promotion for myself... It was always trying to use whatever kind of a voice in the position that I have been blessed with for good.
Ninety percent of the time, I'm a laid-back teddy-bear dude.
Many people have eclectic tastes. Many people like to listen to all kinds of different music. I mean, I do; I'll listen to many different styles inside a day, a week, a month, a year. It doesn't matter.
People who are divided are easier to control.
One of the degrees I have is in business, and I was a healthcare administrator that ran a 365-bed skilled nursing facility for years and generated several million dollars a year profit for them. So I have a background in business.
I'm a fan of Genesis prior to Phil Collins. I don't really like Phil.
I just wanted to do the things that all normal teenagers wanted to do. So I did become quite rebellious.
I'm all about freedom to go ahead and practice whatever kind of religions you want, have whatever sort of sexual preference you want, freedom in terms of being pro choice for women.
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