Rob Zombie Quotes

I love Black Sabbath. They made an amazing contribution to music today. Almost every band that made it big in the Nineties owed a debt to them.

If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.

We never considered ourselves to be a good band or anything, we just thought we were playing for fun and we wanted to play music that sounded like Black Sabbath or Soundgarden or the music we were into at that time.

If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

More than a quarter of a century into the band's career together, it's inspiring to hear Melvins continue to deafen new generations of listeners.

I think what makes his story unique from others is there is not really one piece of American pop music you hear today that does not have some James Brown in it.

I probably spent more time as a kid playing air guitar to Jimmy Page than any other guitar player.

Rush is one of the common denominators in our band as far as a band that everybody loves and grew up with and was a big influence.

We've never been shy to admit that Metallica is a huge influence in our lives and on our music.

I've always loved playing Zeppelin - they were one of my favorite bands growing up.

There's so many STP songs that are just classic to me, and just so influential in my musical growth.

We all grew up with Black Sabbath. I mean, there's no secret there. Any of us, any of the members of any band I've ever been in, or anyone I've ever worked with.

Metallica is a big, huge influence and inspiration. That's who Babymetal aspires to become some day.

I actually grew up on rock music; that's what was played around my house. I listened to Led Zepplin, AC/DC, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Nirvana, Aerosmith - really almost everything.

If it wasn't for guys like Gary Moore, I wouldn't exist. He not only proved that the blues could rock but it could draw a crowd as well. All of which made a huge impression on me.

Where I lived, on Long Island, you had the radio stations that always played Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and AC/DC and all that. I grew up on all that stuff.

I can't possibly overstate how much influence Rush had on me as a young teenager. I would say from about 1981 to 1987, they were my gods.

For me, as a performer or a songwriter, Stevie Nicks is always a huge inspiration as well as Iggy Pop.

'Master of Reality' rules; it's one of my favorite records of all time. It has some of the most evil riffs on it - and some of the sexiest riffs as well.

I wasn't personally that familiar with the Classic Rock bands. That is where Jorn Viggo came in: he played me tons of that stuff - Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, plus a lot of bands with cool songs, riffs, vocals, etc. We really listened to tons of music.

Led Zeppelin is what made me buy my first electric guitar: the Jimmy Page guitar sound.

I couldn't write an AC/DC song. I don't know how to do that.

Jimi Hendrix is one of the main influences on why I wanted to play guitar. He really shook me. I think it was his whole style - the look and what he did with the guitar.

Everything I ever learned about rock, I learned from Led Zeppelin.

We're never gonna see bands like Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath again. It's over.