No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it Tom Araya More Quotes by Tom Araya More Quotes From Tom Araya I had to be at least 8 or 9; I was listening to everything on the radio. You name it, I heard every song. Tom Araya names listening song 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 Tom Araya couple home moving Whatever had been on the radio in the '60s; I mean we were always listening to the radio Tom Araya radio listening mean I just don't write musically, but lyrically, yeah I write. Tom Araya yeah writing After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean? Tom Araya song remember mean We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there Tom Araya days-off here-and-there couple 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. Tom Araya san-francisco surfing people I was born and raised Catholic. Tom Araya born-and-raised born catholic When I do interviews, I enter them with an open mind and try to answer the questions the best I can. Tom Araya answers mind trying To fans in a festival setting it's like a picnic. You want to have a good time with your friends in that crowd. And in the background you hear the band play, 'Oh, that's my favorite song!' everyone is there to enjoy the afternoon and that's about it. Tom Araya good you time song I recommend anybody go to a bookstore, go down the self-help or new-age section, and just walk those aisles. See what book jumps out at you; there's a good chance it's a book you need in your life. That's basically how I find the books that I read. Tom Araya walk good you life Sometimes I'll sing the same verse through the entire song, because the other verses aren't clicking. And when they do come to me, I'm in the middle of that same verse! Tom Araya through me song sometimes If it were bad songs, yeah, I'd speak up, but they're not bad songs. Tom Araya songs bad up speak As long as it's good music, that's what's important. Tom Araya good music important long
