Metal isn't necessarily aggressive. There's metal that's contemplative, there's metal that's sad, and there's metal that's exuberant. No genre is limited in what it can express.
John Darnielle
Related There's real potency in metal. Metal fans love metal as if it's a nation they would fight fo... FEIST I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal ba... SCOTT IAN I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX The one thing that's changed for 'That Metal Show' is that it's now global; it's... EDDIE TRUNK I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all j... OZZY OSBOURNE All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all j... NEIL YOUNG Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I lik... EDDIE TRUNK Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the insid... KIRK HAMMETT To some people heavy metal is Motorhead and to others it's Judas Priest. GLENN DANZIG It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing. EDDIE TRUNK They got rid of bottled water. We got thermoses that say 'Grey's Anatomy Season 4' with ... BROOKE SMITH It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I love creating things, especially out of metal. There's something truly satisfying about shapin... SEAN BEAN They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, the... GINGER BAKER I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN You want to believe that there's one relationship in life that's beyond betrayal. A relation... CALEB CARR That's all there is; there isn't any more. ETHEL BARRYMORE You gotta look beyond the mainstream... the mainstream'll drown you, you know? There's alway... PHIL ANSELMO Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN Anything that anybody wants to give me is great! I've had folk songs, heavy metal songs, jewelle... PATRICK NESS Speed Reader: Nothing more than… "Getting knowledge in a fast way". (Note: What's that?... DEYTH BANGER The rap community has been singled out as more homophobic than other groups, but I don't think t... MICHAEL FRANTI Love is agony, isn't it? I've been involved with someone for some time now, but it's all... DAPHNE GUINNESS I can safely say that other than macaroni and cheese, there's no processed food in my life. Ther... GINNIFER GOODWIN What's casual for a robot isn't necessarily what's casual for a human. ALAN TUDYK Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. 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LES CLAYPOOL There's no way that anyone can know the ebb and flow of one's career. You can't know tha... HOLLY HUNTER I liked back in the sixties where you'd turn on the radio and go 'Oh that's Hendrix, tha... CREED BRATTON It's okay to fail 'cause there's no failure, you're just informing the richness of y... BEN FOSTER People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like lookin... DAMIEN CHAZELLE The only thing that I don't like is my kids watching comedy that isn't actually funny. There... STEPHEN COLBERT There's a reason that students don't grade their own papers. There's a reason defendants... TREY GOWDY What I hear a lot is that fresh, healthy eating isn't accessible. That it's full of bizarre ... ELLA WOODWARD You know, there's chronological age, there's biological age, and there's psychological a... CHERYL TIEGS With 'Divergent' and 'Insurgent,' there isn't great emphasis on uniformity; it... JAI COURTNEY The spirit of Southwest Airlines is exuberant, it's caring, it's dedicated, it's diligen... HERB KELLEHER When you listen to a symphony orchestra, and the basses don't - there's no bass part, there&... CHARLIE HADEN There are many different rivers that lead into despair: there's poverty; there's political r... LAWRENCE WRIGHT
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