I'm glowing in the dark with my studio tan. I've been in a cave of music for months and months and months. Phil Anselmo More Quotes by Phil Anselmo More Quotes From Phil Anselmo Speaking of stage freight. I was terrified! It was in NOLA at an all ages show. I was wearing Jeans, a Van Halen t-shirt, and a bandana on my neck. Once I gripped that microphone stand, I did not let go! I plugged my microphone into a guitar FX pedal. Then at the end of the a Black Sabbath song we were covering, I hit the guitar pedal. It was horrific! Phil Anselmo guitar letting-go song I think music is a big, big wide world, and I am voyager on this particular ship in this sea of wild music, and I'm gonna dive in and find as many fish as I can and catch them all. I love music. Phil Anselmo sea world thinking And it seems to be today, image is a real important thing once again. Phil Anselmo important real today There it is again. Image. Once again. I get really tired of it quick Phil Anselmo get-real tired I've heard too many times where people say that I'm this ultra-serious guy. In truth, I've got an extremely absurd sense of humor. I thrive on the absurd - I love it. Phil Anselmo guy serious people There's always something going on, but thank goodness these days it's with a clear head, which helps me massively. Phil Anselmo clear-head goodness helping I can easily say I've done everything I've wanted in music. Phil Anselmo i-can done wanted I guess I've never been introduced properly to Pink Floyd. I know they're great, don't get me wrong. Excellent, excellent musicians; great band; awesome harmony; great song writers; I just don't know anything besides, I guess, the popular songs on the radio. Phil Anselmo musician band song We definitely have a hardcore following. Phil Anselmo hardcore following With this LP we were all very clear on the approach we wanted to take, which was to do something heavy, but also experiment with a lot of other things we really like. Phil Anselmo hairstyles clear heavy With Pantera, we lived through so many trend-of-the-day situations - when grunge was huge, we were still a heavy metal band; when hip-hop started getting incorporated into metal, we stuck to our guns and remained a heavy metal band very purposefully. Phil Anselmo hip-hop through heavy-metal band At least in my life, I cannot hold onto grudges. It's a waste of energy, a waste of time. Phil Anselmo my-life energy time life You have certain expressions when you write music, a lot of different emotions, a lot of different feelings. Phil Anselmo emotions you music feelings This is the band I always wanted to be in. Phil Anselmo always band wanted It seems like if you are not painted up special way or have some tailor made outfit to put on to go out on stage... I don't know... there's too much of it out there. Phil Anselmo outfit know you way There has got to be a lot of unreleased video out there, live footage and whatnot. There's always going to be something extra for the Pantera fan. Phil Anselmo going live something always