A Quote by Mike Portnoy

It's been an incredible experience, playing with Twisted Sister, Stone Sour, Avenged Sevenfold, jamming with Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, and the list goes on and on and on. — © Mike Portnoy
It's been an incredible experience, playing with Twisted Sister, Stone Sour, Avenged Sevenfold, jamming with Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, and the list goes on and on and on.
After I left Dream Theater, and I was doing Avenged Sevenfold, Twisted Sister... all these other things, I made a lot of new fans in a lot of new areas.
My life would have been different without Paul Stanley or Ace Frehley. They would have to be the greatest on my list as an influence to my life at 11 years old.
The thing about me is that I'm very fortunate to have had the opportunities with Avenged Sevenfold in songwriting. I really think it's helped to bolster my guitar playing as well.
I actually have an Avenged Sevenfold tattoo on my body.
Over all Avenged Sevenfold the album is 10 times better than the others.
It wasn't until high school that I realized Avenged Sevenfold was picking up locally.
I can honestly tell you, if it wasn't for our fans, there would not be Avenged Sevenfold right now.
I can't honestly say with a straight face that every Avenged Sevenfold album is my favorite.
You know how sometimes when you're drunk you say something you sort of regret... to Ace Frehley?
I used to skip school and paint my face with Ace Frehley Kiss make-up.
I like Avenged Sevenfold and Five Finger Death Punch, with whom I did a single.
Everything I know, I stole directly from Ace Frehley, Angus Young, and Keith Richards. That's how you learn.
You can scroll through my iTunes and I've got everything. I've got Ace Hood, Alt-J, Annie Lennox, Arctic Monkeys, Beanie Sigel, the Beatles, Beth Hart, Big Sean, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver, Chief Keef, Coldplay, the Flaming Lips, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, OutKast, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Gabriel, the Smiths, and the list goes on from there.
'Black Diamond' blew my mind. Ace Frehley came onstage and did it with us at Madison Square Garden a few years ago, which was a total high watermark in my life. When I was 13, I never thought in a million years that I would even talk to him; I'd probably pass out. And here I am playing with him!
Slipknot is the darkness; Stone Sour is the light. Slipknot is chaos; Stone Sour is structure.
These fans are the reason why we're here. They're awesome and very crazy. They love Avenged Sevenfold, and we love them. Having that is rare.
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