I follow politics, but I don't like to discuss it.

- Tom Araya

From the heaviest of the heavy to classical to country, that's what I listen to, I listen to a variety and I enjoy good music, good songs.

- Tom Araya

As far as thinking about death and murder and various ways of killing people and how people die... I probably have the most twisted mind in Slayer.

- Tom Araya

Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer.

- Tom Araya

I write, I write, I always write.

- Tom Araya

People are not in good shape to where they have to question their own belief system because of a book or a story somebody wrote, or a SLAYER song.

- Tom Araya

Yeah, yeah I think that's one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band. The biggest one is that we're Satan worshippers, but next to that just …

- Tom Araya

Fortune is either with you or it's not.

- Tom Araya

I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming.

- Tom Araya