Suzuka Nakamoto Quotes

I am amused with the love people are showing for my songs. I am really happy to see my fans enjoying my music and loving the music I make.

We love not just Judas Priest music, but we love heavy metal and we love to get out on that stage every night and perform. It's a joy to be able to do it.

I've always said that Pantera fans were the best in the world, and I truly meant that, and I still mean it.

It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.

I didn't realize Metallica was as big as they were. I just thought it was my buddy Kirk's band - we went to high school together. I wasn't really following metal.

The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.

I do music for the fans. I want to lift fans up.

The Grammy is the highest honor in music that we can receive, outside of having fans come and watch you every night and clap.

It's pretty crazy the amount of people that have covered my songs.

It's always flattering when someone covers a song. I mean, when you're a young band, and you're unsigned - to think that someday people would want to cover one of your songs - it's just mind-blowing.

We make our own music, and the songs appeal to the public well, and the public likes them.

With Damageplan, we had to endure the Pantera fans, because Pantera is what they really wanted. But with Hellyeah, at a show in Baltimore, the crowd knew all the words.

When people saw us for the first time they were just open-mouthed. Then they really got into it and started wearing Babymetal T-shirts.

It definitely feels different to perform to people who know your music. Because people's feedback is not just, 'Oh my God, that was amazing. Who are you?'

When we went to Judas Priest backstage, Mr. Rob Halford told us that they were waiting to see us. We've met Mr. Kirk Hammett of Metallica several times, and he is extremely kind to us. No one gives us mean looks, and we are so happy that Babymetal is welcomed warmly.

When I sing a set, people will say, 'I love 'Mayday.' People just love 'Mayday' so much. I love it too.

When you're playing music and you're starting to expose yourself for the first time, there's nothing more powerful than being listened to and being actually heard.

I've played festivals in Australia. If it's a dance music festival or mainstream festival, there's maybe, like, 10 percent who pay attention to the music.

It does feel really good when you play a new song, and it's the loudest singalong of the night. It means just as much when we're playing the old songs, and people are singing along to those, too.

I love just getting to experience the different types of fans and getting to perform in front of thousands of people every night; that is icing on the cake for me. That is the fun.

I'll forever look at Imagine Dragons and hear them on the radio and think, 'They're great people.'

I look at some of my fans at my show, and a lot of them look like they're straight out of a punk rock show. They like what I'm coming across with. I had seen them same thing when I went to this Scarface show, so it lets me know that I'm on the right track.

Playing my music to fans and people enjoying it is what matters; that makes me happy as an artiste. If you start worrying about awards, you will lose your creativity.

Being able to play all over the world to different audiences and have them sing my lyrics back to me, even if they can't speak the same language, is crazy.

I always say, when I play the first few notes and people scream... if you're tired of that, you should try retail. What else are you looking for?