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"I don't know what to tell you about that. I don't even know where we are on that." [3] That is Brian May on…
"And when we get together, it's just a really beautiful and powerful thing to be able to bring big groups of people together to…
"We wanted to get them on tour, and they said no. They're doing good on their own already." [5] That is James Hetfield on…
"I prefer my prompts and the collective hive mind and efficiency of the future. Just my opinion but I embrace it." [1] Zacky Vengeance…
"I don't want the world to tell me who my friends are and who I should associate with." [3] Billy Corgan said that on…
"The backlash, it was my own fault," [4] Jack Osbourne said of the fan anger over the AI Digital Ozzy avatar, speaking on the…
"What is ours is here, and here alone." [2] Sleep Token, a band that almost never speaks publicly, put out a statement denying any…
"We are making real music; we are not thinking about business. We are not thinking about if the people are gonna like it or…
"The comments and the judgment have got too much." [4] Architects frontman Sam Carter posted a long statement on Instagram titled "Time for some…
"He's just showing that he's a complete prick" [1] That is Roger Waters on James Hetfield, speaking on The Katie Halper Show after Hetfield…
"It does not matter to Mötley Crüe if you're a Republican. It does not matter to Mötley Crüe if you're a Democrat" [3], Nikki…
Correction, Oct. 19, 2026: An earlier version of this article said Guns N' Roses were taking 2027 off "to record" and that Slash "confirmed…
