I love what I do, somehow I have been able to play in a band for my entire life and that is all I ever wanted to do. I love that I get to do that.

- Scott Ian

I think the best riffs and the best songs come when you're jamming and having a good time.

- Scott Ian

To me, the guitar is a tool for songwriting, and it's fun, too. The day that it's not fun, that's when I'm not gonna play guitar anymore.

- Scott Ian

A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perfor…

- Scott Ian

I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.

- Scott Ian

Metal guys are huge nerds. A good percentage of them are either horror or sci-fi or comic book or fantasy nerds.

- Scott Ian

What I love about 'The Walking Dead' is it's a human story, which is to me what makes the comic book so good, but once you jump from the pages of the…

- Scott Ian

Why would heavy metal ever go away?

- Scott Ian

To be honest, I'm one of the least-technical guitar players around. I just want a guitar to feel good and sound good. That's it, period.

- Scott Ian