Jesus Christ, Nikki Sixx! Would you please shut up, find another way to be in the news and get off your self-inflated pedestal? Regardless of some things Gene Simmons has said that I may take issue with [re: Prince], his influence on musicians (you included) is undeniable and will continue. More importantly, his work, generosity and monetary contributions to numerous causes and charities for those less fortunate makes your ongoing rant, in the scheme of things, the unimportant but annoying squeak it truly is. Move on. – Paul Stanley

Ok folks, I’ll own this one, but dammit, I was joking, and the “inside joke of the night” was because we were drinking f—ing white wine, hahaha…
Of all f—ing things.
Some of y’all need to thicken up your skin.
There’s plenty of f—ers to pick on with a more realistic agenda.
I f—ing love everyone, I f—ing loathe everyone, and that’s that.
No apologies from me.
PHA ’16 – Phil Anselmo responds to Nazi salute and “White Power” declaration via Housecore Records’ YouTube

Solidarity is far stronger than jumping ship and going somewhere else. I thought we’d still be on American — but when we got the offer from American, I was insulted. That, to me, just said, ‘Good luck, you’re not gonna have good luck here anymore.’ So we found our new friends at Nuclear Blast. – Slayer co-founder and guitarist, Kerry King

…contrary to all the scuttlebutt that’s going around, I wish those guys the best. But their recollections of the events that led up to it and happened after are considerably different from my recollection. But here’s the thing — a lot of people, they either love or hate me. If I tell anybody what happened it’s not gonna change the way they feel about me. But it’ll probably change the way they feel about them. And I don’t want to hurt anybody. All I can say, I think they’re both tremendous musicians and talented guys. – Dave Mustaine on the failed Rust in Peace-era reunion, via Rolling Stone

It makes me heartbroken that the first Skid Row album came out 25 years ago and there is not a 180-gram vinyl addition with a poster and a… It makes me nuts. It makes me crazy, if you want to know the truth. I don’t even have to be in the same room with those guys to do that shit. Why don’t we embrace the legacy like every other band? All I mean by that is put out a DVD, put out a vinyl record, put out a box set. – ex-Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach desires more for fans (Blabbermouth)

I really understood Dave’s music. I understood the musicianship behind it; I understood the vision. I think that Dave is a great leader. Great groups need great leaders – and great groups also need good people to get in line and follow the vision. I think I’ve always been good at that. – David Ellefson on Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine

We have it pretty much written. We need to go in and record. And we’re looking at lineup things. That’s the big question… we’ll know more in the coming days, weeks, and certainly as the record’s being made. To me, the record has to be great, and that will determine where the lineup goes. – Dave Ellefson on the new Megadeth album

Here’s the thing about Motley: We’re not breaking up. Most people think we are, but Motley Crue will still function as Motley Crue. We’ll probably still be putting out music time to time for different things, but we’re just not touring anymore. I don’t think people really understand that. – Vince Neil

There’s a whole different way of recording and everything else. And albums don’t really sell anymore. I feel bad for the younger bands. I guess they don’t really know what it feels like to have several million album sales. Instead, they’re selling a couple of hundred thousand. So I think that the ‘60s are back, with the singles. [Laughs.] – Mick Mars on the state of the music industry with ultimateclassicrock.com

Every band out there wants to be Pantera, I’ll just put it that way. I’m not patting myself on the back when I say that; it’s just fact. They’re trying to get the riffs and they’ll never have it. They’ll never get it. It takes the four of us. Special… Our whole plan was to take a break and then we all reconvene, and it just didn’t turn out that way. I’m sure if Dime was still around we would still be doing whatever we’d be doing. But as it turns out, he’s no longer with us, which kind of sucks. We got robbed by some fuckin’ lunatic. – Pantera‘s Rex Brown with Songfacts