I had to be at least 8 or 9; I was listening to everything on the radio. You name it, I heard every song.

Our album 'Show No Mercy' came out in late '83, and we did three or four shows in San Francisco after the release. That was our first experience with stage-divers, crowd-surfing, people walking on people across an entire crowd.

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

I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church... I was born and raised Catholic, which is about the extent of my religion. My parents made one request: that I have my first Holy Communion.

Sometimes when I've gone out and murdered somebody I go and confess and stuff. And then God loves me again.

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.

I had to be at least 8 or 9; I was listening to everything on the radio. You name it, I heard every song.