“Hate walks hand in hand with hate, and black metal especially is a genre that is full of white power bands.” Quote by Blake Judd
“I don't think in time signatures, and when I do, what I write is generally 3/4 or 4/4, the most basic, straightforward stuff. I think that comes from just not being a super-schooled musician.” ThinkingWritingStuffMusicianStraightforwardSignaturesSchooled Author:Blake Judd
“I took music theory in high school and dropped out halfway through the semester because it was ruining music for me.” SchoolTheoryHigh SchoolHalfwaySemesterMusic Theory Author:Blake Judd
“Some people are really into being music-minded and knowing all their scales and how to read music and speak the language.” PeopleSpeakLanguageKnowingScales Author:Blake Judd
“As convenient as that would be to make it easier to communicate with more prolific musicians, I don't want to think of music like a math equation.” ThinkingWantWould BeEasierMusicianCommunicateMathEquationsConvenient Author:Blake Judd
“If I'm going to make music and put my heart and soul into this and dedicate my whole life to it, I want to be making something that 15, 20, 30 years from now, somebody is listening to and that is a staple of the time it came out.” IfsWantYearsHeartSoulWholeListeningMy HeartWhole LifeHeart And SoulStaples Author:Blake Judd
“If you have enough people sitting around telling you you're wonderful, then you start believing you're fabulous, then someone tells you you stink and you believe that too!” PeopleIfsBelieveEnoughBusinessWonderfulSittingCriticismFabulousStinkSitting AroundBelive Author:Angelina Jolie
“I think metal draws dumb people. It's not exactly a thinking man's genre.” PeopleThinkingMenDrawsDumbGenreMetalsThinking ManDumb People Author:Blake Judd
“I know plenty of hyper-intelligent metal people, but at the same time, there's this dumbass, hardheaded, macho attitude associated with it. For younger people, it's like a succubus.” PeopleKnowsAttitudeIntelligentPlentyMetalsHyperMachoSuccubusDumbasses Author:Blake Judd
“I think it's safe to say that 50% of the record buying metal community is people between the ages of 16 and 25 - people still in their teenage-angsty, early young-adult years.” PeopleThinkingYearsStillsAgeYoungCommunityRecordsSafeAdultsYoung AdultBuyingMetalsTeenage Author:Blake Judd
“It's easy to gravitate toward something negative as opposed to something positive, especially if you're an outsider.” IfsEasyNegativeOutsiders Author:Blake Judd