Zacky Vengeance Quotes

“What makes Avenged so exciting to me musically is that people either love us or hate us, but nobody sounds like us.”

“It's always been a conscious thing for us to do whatever will separate us from the pack and make us happy musically.”

“We're trying to do something nobody else is doing right now.”

“I think, as long as people have a strong opinion, whether they love or hate us, I think we're doing something right.”

“There's always going to be haters, but those people are few. We're not too worried about it.”

“I wanna keep people on their toes, and that's just kind of how we've always operated.”

“To be honest, we never, ever let business weigh down the creativity of this band.”

“We've never tried to write radio hits. If I hear our song on the radio, it's cool, and I'm proud, but it's never a goal.”

“I can honestly tell you, if it wasn't for our fans, there would not be Avenged Sevenfold right now.”

“We're focused on making our fans happy, keeping each other happy, so we can do this forever.”

“Basically, we're just a bunch of kids who got together and try to use what we have and try to learn from each other.”

“When you see a band, you want to see characters.”

“Only a world spinning out of control could inspire the music and vision we have now.”

“We have been harnessing every aspect of what makes Avenged truly unrelenting and building off of that.”

“When we were recording, sometimes I wondered if what we were doing would even be possible to play live.”

“I can't honestly say with a straight face that every Avenged Sevenfold album is my favorite.”

“We're not a Screamo band.”

“I love listening to Led Zeppelin and classic rock albums from the Seventies. They're just so brilliant because they breathe.”

“On our first album, "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet," we were listening to more obscure heavy metal bands and hardcore bands.”

“My dad played some guitar, and both my parents are fans of music and have huge record collections.”

“I've always loved big riffs and chunky guitars.”

“I like being able to do dueling leads, and it's fun to be able to shred.”

“When you start running out of things to do on a guitar, you have to find other ways of making music with your instrument.”