Of course we are doing this primarily for ourselves, but I know our fans dig most of it, too.
Meaning of the quote
Kerry King, the American musician, is saying that the main reason he and his band do what they do is for their own enjoyment, but they also know that their fans really appreciate and enjoy their work as well. In other words, the band members create music because they love it, but they're also happy that their fans enjoy their music too.
About Kerry King
Kerry King is an American musician best known as the co-lead guitarist and songwriter of the thrash metal band Slayer. He co-founded the band in 1981 and is one of only two original members still with the group. During Slayer’s hiatus from 2019 to 2024, King released his debut solo album ‘From Hell I Rise’ in 2024.
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It’s a new perspective where I got a role in and they are just spewed out of my mouth.
American guitarist (born 1964)
I play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I’m not too fond of the P.A. either.
American guitarist (born 1964)
Even though there’s these songs and whoever the hell put it in the internet, if there’s any good riffs in them, we raped the songs and put in the new ones.
American guitarist (born 1964)
If you don’t tour, you cannot expect to sell a huge numbers of your albums either. It was both a business – and an economical decision and we wanted to play anyway. We just wanted to get out for the tour when it was safe enough for us.
American guitarist (born 1964)
When we play “Angel of Death”, it’s actually a 2 and half minutes sing ’til our party starts. That song is pretty much been played traditionally in the end.
American guitarist (born 1964)
Well, to be honest with you, yes there is and there is not. But as I am a fan of this kind of music as well as the rest of the guys naturally are – and being a fan, we kind of get pleased by our music as fans and as being in SLAYER.
American guitarist (born 1964)
Check bags are fun. I just make sure there won’t be anything illegal in my check bag which is forbidden at a cabin of a plane. Just leaving things like scissors and such out of my carry-on things in order to avoid troubles with some certain airline, y’know.
American guitarist (born 1964)
I used the dictionary very minimally and I just wrote how I speak. And I speak very hateful manner usually. I constantly did that because I think the fans would get more out of it if they understood exactly what I’m saying – exactly where I’m coming from.
American guitarist (born 1964)
Traditionally the show must go on which is a stupid thing to say, but that in a nutshell is what’s going on. We have a new record out; if we won’t tour, the new record dies. It’s reality – it’s what business is nowadays. You just need to tour to sell your albums.
American guitarist (born 1964)
When we finally got to play that and we had a great show there, well I can tell it was pretty awesome. Y’know, we probably did bigger festivals since then; we probably headlined bigger festivals since then, but I will always remember that.
American guitarist (born 1964)
I write when I have to; I write when the song is done and I deal with the idea and I just go with it and I’ll become what that song is all about until I have finished it. And when you do that, it makes the song more visual, it makes it more personal.
American guitarist (born 1964)
Of course we are doing this primarily for ourselves, but I know our fans dig most of it, too.
American guitarist (born 1964)
I think the church and the religion right now have a lot more to be worried about than SLAYER.
American guitarist (born 1964)
When something irritates me, I don’t go home and write; I just don’t do that.
American guitarist (born 1964)
My strangest media moment a photo session they all had dressed up like 50 gangsters. That was pretty cool. We have to get some more of those kind of photos sometimes.
American guitarist (born 1964)
It’s good to be playing one and a half hour again. In the States we played like an hour and when you got onstage it felt like all of a sudden you are already done your set. But now, it feels like we are touring again.
American guitarist (born 1964)
This new one was held for a couple months, so I guess it was better, but when we go into thinking our next record tragedy, it traditionally will probably change the distribution again and it will get held up again.
American guitarist (born 1964)
You kind of have to become a song so to speak and we wanted to make sure that Tom did them with the best abilities he had and captured all that what the song is all about.
American guitarist (born 1964)
It’s hard ‘coz you have got different time zones; you can’t sleep and y’know, it’s boring way for the show to happen, but you do off the stage. Y’know, onstage it’s all better.
American guitarist (born 1964)
I’m always using a towel around my head. Airports don’t worry about me.
American guitarist (born 1964)
My first figure was a SLAYER eagle. And the dragons and the tribals are all I have got.
American guitarist (born 1964)
I just saw Jensen the other day. They are gonna be in the States at the same time when we are doing the tour, Se we’ll see if we are going to see somewhere.
American guitarist (born 1964)
It was only supposed to be on WCW compilation; on that wrestling compilation. And for that I thought it was good. And then we threw it on our record as well.
American guitarist (born 1964)
We haven’t played that many of them because all our gear was over here waiting for us when we could get here. So we didn’t get to rehearse any of the new stuff, so we have planned to play 3 or 4 new ones.
American guitarist (born 1964)
So, there’s like one luxury you take and since we do that, y’know, you’re involved with people in suits; business people all the time. But hey, if I sit down on a bar and they leave, good for me.
American guitarist (born 1964)