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The thing about gay people is that until we come out of the closet, we're always protecting other people: 'I can't do this, because it's gonna hurt so-and-so.' We're trying to live the lives of other people, and that's the worst thing you can do.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Hurt
Worst
Closet
Protecting
Worst Thing
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I pray quite a bit, actually. And even if you don't believe in prayer, just have a go. Pray for a good day, or just pray for your friend, or whatever it might be. And it's amazing, man, 'cause it absolutely works. I guarantee, it genuinely does work.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Good Day
Pray
Work Good Amazing
Genuinely
Guarantee
Pray For
Quite A Bit
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I played the track 'Exciter' backwards and suggested to the judge that what he'd heard was, 'I asked her for a peppermint. I asked her to get me one'. When the judge heard it, his eyes lit up. It was as if he realized how ridiculous the whole thing was.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Eye
Judging
Track
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With 'Defenders,' we had some very barebones ideas, but the bulk of it came together very quickly over in Ibiza. The main thing I like about that record, looking back on it now, is the change in the texture of the production from 'Screaming For Vengeance.'
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Defenders
Looking Back
Texture
Vengeance
Bulk
Main Thing
Screaming
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If you look at the history of the LGBTQ community, from my perspective growing up as I did in the U.K. in the '50s, there was just terrible, terrible discrimination, you know? It was extremely difficult to live your life as you should have been allowed to do.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Discrimination
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I'll always have a totally open mind to endless possibilities. I want to do a dance album. Not Techno, but a record that's exclusively designed for people to dance to. That whole dance genre is kinda into its own world. I'd just like to get in there and mess around with that.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Genre Is
Mind
People
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When I come off stage, I just shut up. I try as best I can not to use my voice at all. You know I love to talk, but I try when I come off stage to have the minimum amount of vocal interaction because I need at least a good 10 hours to just recover from my form of extreme singing.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Minimum
Shut Up
Vocal
Love Best Good
Extreme
Recover
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It's very tempting for certain generations to say, 'Well, I just want to be in a band, and I want to be a rock star,' or whatever. That's not what it's about. Firstly, you've got to be in it for the love and the passion that you have for the music, and then you take it from there.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Generations
Rock Star
Tempting
Love Music Passion
Firstly
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When I put Fight together, I wanted to maintain the momentum. I didn't want to kinda disappear for five years and then come back. I was just so ready to break away from where I was before and just start the journey. To just fulfill and realize these dreams that I carry in my head.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Dream
Journey
Fighting
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When we talk about 'Firepower,' we're talking about the fire and power of heavy metal to prevail and endure difficulties. 'Children of the Sun,' is, to some extent, about climate change and the ecosystem... We want to deliver a message to the people without being too much of a teacher.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Climate Change
Endure
Heavy
Heavy Metal
Difficulties
Deliver
Ecosystem
Extent
Metal
Prevail
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When you make that choice of stepping out and facing the issue of disclosure, you do create this kind of self-imposed negative fear. It's unfortunate it still happens today. 'Do I step out and say I'm a gay guy?' But you have got to do it and live your life on your terms and no one else's terms.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Disclosure
Unfortunate
Facing
Stepping
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For us Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp is bigger than the music. It is very much an experience that brings a lot of skills and discoveries about yourself together. In that respect, it also enables you to learn that being in a band is a lot tougher than sitting around and playing guitar in your bedroom.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Discovery
Guitar
Rocks
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It's a myth that I received any flak from the metal community over my decision to come out. I have, in fact, received numerous positive responses from fans, as well as e-mails from people who were going through much the same thing. It's horrible to keep something like that secret, and I felt I had to make it public.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Decision
Fans
Horrible
Myth
Secret
Flak
In Fact
Metal
Numerous
Received
Responses
Same Thing
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They talk about the American Dream. I still believe in that. I still believe that this is a great country, where great things can happen, where anybody can become president of the United States. Just that simple statement there defines so much about the whole business of liberty and freedom and the pursuit of happiness.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
American Dream
Great Country
Great Things
Pursuit
Pursuit Of Happiness
Statement
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I chew a special brand of gum that you can't get in America. It's British, and it's called Airwaves. It's a menthol eucalyptus gum that is a very soothing thing for me when I'm singing because I'm swallowing, and it also keeps my sinuses and general upper breathing clear. I've got to be able to hit these clear, clean notes.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Breathing
Gum
Notes
Soothing
Swallowing
Airwaves
Chew
Upper
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I've been a huge fan of Gaga since she first burst on the scene. I just love everything that lady represents. First and foremost, her voice is extraordinary. I love her voice. She's an accomplished musician. She plays piano really well. She's just a great songwriter. And she's a beacon of hope for a lot of people in the world.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Accomplished
Gaga
Love Hope Great
Beacon
Burst
Foremost
Huge Fan
Lady
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The great thing about Priest, in all the years that we've been making heavy metal music, is that we've always kind of carried this metal flag, if you will - this beacon of hope that, no matter what you may be going through in life, there's always a sense of overcoming difficulties, a sense of winning, a sense of coming out on top.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Heavy
Heavy Metal
Overcoming
Winning
Life Hope Great
Life Hope Music
Beacon
Carried
Coming
Difficulties
Flag
Great Thing
Metal
Priest
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They were and still are a groundbreaking band. Even though they haven't released any new music in ages, you can put on the first Black Sabbath album and it still sounds as fresh today as it did 30-odd years ago. And that's because great music has a timeless ability: To me, Sabbath are in the same league as the Beatles or Mozart. They're on the leading edge of something extraordinary.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Black
League
Years
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We had to sit in this courtroom in Reno for six weeks. It was like Disneyworld. We had no idea what a subliminal message was - it was just a combination of some weird guitar sounds, and the way I exhaled between lyrics. I had to sing 'Better by You, Better Than Me' in court, a cappella. I think that was when the judge thought, 'What am I doing here? No band goes out of its way to kill its fans'.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Guitar
Ideas
Thinking
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It tore us up emotionally hearing someone say to the judge and the cameras that this is a band that creates music that kills young people. We accept that some people don't like heavy metal, but we can't let them convince us that it's negative and destructive. Heavy metal is a friend that gives people great pleasure and enjoyment and helps them through hard times. “Whether there's any 'subliminal effect' from the court, I don't know, but we certainly couldn't let it interfere with our creativity.
Rob Halford / Singer-Songwriter
Convince Us
Creativity
Hard Times
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