Whatever had been on the radio in the '60s; I mean we were always listening to the radio Tom Araya More Quotes by Tom Araya More Quotes From Tom Araya From the heaviest of the heavy to classical to country, that's what I listen to, I listen to a variety and I enjoy good music, good songs. Tom Araya musicsongcountry Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer. Tom Araya slayerbandideas Sometimes when I've gone out and murdered somebody I go and confess and stuff. And then God loves me again. Tom Araya gonestuffsometimes I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming. Tom Araya melodytryingthinking I am not an atheist; I believe in God. But my religion ends there. I have my own personal belief system that is so strong it allows me to do what I do. I dont have to worry about going to Hell because of Slayer, you know? Everyone has a personal belief system and believes in life somehow. Tom Araya strongatheistbelieve I follow politics, but I don't like to discuss it. Tom Araya Fortune is either with you or it's not. Tom Araya fortune A good wine has many qualities I think. If drunk moderately, it is healthy and good for your heart. Tom Araya wineheartthinking People are not in good shape to where they have to question their own belief system because of a book or a story somebody wrote, or a SLAYER song. Tom Araya songbookpeople As far as thinking about death and murder and various ways of killing people and how people die... I probably have the most twisted mind in Slayer. Tom Araya mindpeoplethinking I write, I write, I always write. Tom Araya writing I believe in a supreme being, yeah. But He's an all-loving God. Tom Araya loving-godyeahbelieve No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it Tom Araya be-goodfocuswriting Yeah, yeah I think that's one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band. The biggest one is that we're Satan worshippers, but next to that just the fact that we're normal Tom Araya nextbandthinking I would have to work on the song and figure out how they wanted the song done, because they're such high-intensity songs. We figure that out first, then I go back and listen to it and go over and rehearse stuff with it and try to get a feel for the words. Tom Araya donesongtrying I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church... I was born and raised Catholic, which is about the extent of my religion. My parents made one request: that I have my first Holy Communion. Tom Araya catholicparentblood Oh yeah, our first tour in Europe they wouldn't give me the time off from work. Tom Araya europegivingfirsts I read true crime books, and I read when people do case studies of stuff. I'm into books like that. Case studies or forensics or murder - all that good stuff. Tom Araya stuffbookpeople I read a book recently by a psychiatrist who was able to interview a few serial killers and she had a thesis on how you could figure these people out. And she thinks that there are things that could tell you whether someone has the potential to do that. Tom Araya bookpeoplethinking That was the reasoning behind learning to play bass, and then after that it was more like it was neat to play songs together - for me to play bass and for him to play guitar Tom Araya guitarplaysong
