Top 45 Vinnie Paul Quotes

I am one hundred percent dedicated to Hellyeah. I love what I do in this band. I’m really proud of this band. Everybody in this band is such a special person, and the music that we make together, I really believe, is very special and the next level in my life.

I’m a rock drummer. I couldn’t sit down and pretend to be a jazz drummer.

Slayer is one of my favorite bands of all time, and to be on a tour with them is absolutely a dream come true.

I think the sound that I have had on all the records that I’ve been a part of have been important and special.

I’m a veteran of Ozzfest.

Alex Van Halen… I loved his playing because he had so much energy; he made those songs exciting, along with everything else that went with him.

In 1999, we did a thing called the ‘Reinventing The Steel’ tour with Pantera, when I was still with them, and Slayer was part of that, and it was a great tour.

It’s unfortunate that people go, ‘Oh, wow, man, they can get Zakk Wylde to jump up there on stage, and it’s Pantera again.’ No, it’s not, you know. It’s not that simple.

Jacques Cousteau was my hero.

Hellyeah have great fans.

I can appreciate people for being able to go that fast with their left hand, man. But I just can’t groove to that beat. I’m sorry. It’s just like somebody sweeping the floor or something – tik tik tik tik tik. It just doesn’t really jam to me.

The first time I heard Kiss, I knew that was the type of music I was attracted to.

The history of Pantera speaks for itself.

It’s a dangerous world, man. You’ve gotta keep your eyes and ears peeled and be on the alert all the time.

As a drummer, I always approach things as, ‘I want to play just enough to keep other drummers interested, but not enough to go over the average listener’s head.’

I’ve been married to music my entire life. I’ve been dedicated to it. I know what it takes to do it. And ever since my brother has been taken from me, I feel like I have to live for both of us.

The guys from Hellyeah and the incredible music we’ve created have brought me back to what I love.

I used to be a free-loving, free-caring person with no worries. We lived with no fear, you know?

With Damageplan, we had to endure the Pantera fans, because Pantera is what they really wanted. But with Hellyeah, at a show in Baltimore, the crowd knew all the words.

I’ve always been a down-to-earth business guy.

I wouldn’t want my funeral to be a sad, sappy thing.

Probably some of the most impressive drumming I’ve done is on the ‘Far Beyond Driven’ record.

A lot of young drummers have a tendency to really overplay. Sometimes simple is better, and the notes that aren’t played between the spaces are bigger than the notes that are.

We knew Hellyeah had to be a lot of fun. We got into it for one reason: to have a lot of fun.

We played nightclubs for seven years solid before we got a record deal, and then ‘Cowboys From Hell’ and ‘Vulgar Display Of Power,’ we toured non-stop four years for those records, and we developed the most brutal, loyal fan base on the face of the earth.

In 1994, we had the first record by a true heavy metal band to ever hit the Billboard top No. 1 slot. We paved the way. And we always waved the heavy metal flag.

Vodka is much easier on your system than dark whisky and stuff.

That’s where I think a lot of these guys today are just, ‘I’m the drummer, man. Check it out. Here’s my lick. I just learned this new drum lick. I’m just gonna blast all over the place.’ It’s like, ‘Man, you’ve got to let the song breathe.’

There’s nothing like having some fresh blood out on the road with you.

I think there’s a lot of death metal or doom metal dudes that somehow or another find a groove in it.

I had some proper training, but that was only on snare drum. Learning all the techniques in marching bands and realizing how important it is to play tight set a standard for me for when I did get into a band.

A lot of people are really hung on the past – they can’t get past that – but you’ve gotta get past that if you want any future.

Even though Peter Criss is a pretty simple player, he played with great feel and made the music get up and go.

I love cooking fajitas. I’m from Texas, and it’s not a difficult thing to do, but a lot of people burn the chicken.

I remember, in 1999, when we did the last Ozzfest that we were part of, and I think Disturbed was on it, Static-X, obviously Ozzy, us, and we were the only band on the tour that had a rider that had any alcohol. Nobody else had it.

I don’t have any kids.

Basically, a band’s first record is them coming together and really learning everything, and then, after they’re on the road and really become a unit, the next record slams.

If you live in the past, you’ve got no future.

We made this mountain with ‘Vulgar Display Of Power,’ and that was a pretty damn tall mountain to climb.

I like being able to own things, to not have to depend on music to support myself. Music hadn’t supported me since 2000. I mean, it really hasn’t. I just do it because I love doing it.

To me, a hockey player has to be every sport rolled into one: ice skater, baseball player, football player, etc. It’s just incredible to watch!

It’s called the music business. We’ve all gone into it ’cause we love the music, and a lot of people end up with nothing at the end of the day, after they’ve done all of this great music, ’cause they never learned any of the business side.

Music is made to be heard, whether you hear it in concert, you hear it on the radio, or you hear it in your car. It’s not for two people to sit in a closet and go, ‘That’s my band, the only band I’ve ever heard, and I’m the only person that’s going to hear it.’

We like to play to a lot of people – that’s what it’s all about.

I play in a band called Hellyeah, and I really love doing it.