Quotes by Dave Lombardo

• Right now we're in the process of writing new material for a new record.
• I just to put out the best records I can and perform the best I can.
• I like a lot of the stuff that they did without me, the time I wasn't around.
• One of the great bands we opened up for was Priest back in '89. That was really great because at that time we had never met them, never toured with them before. They were a big influence on Slayer, so to open up for them was really cool.
• There was a bit of a readjustment period because I didn't know what it was going to be like. I didn't know what was happening, how it was going to be, how it was all going to feel. As time went on it was great. Everything felt good so we decided to go with it.
• There's a lot of down time on the road. That part of it I really don't enjoy. There's nothing to do.
• I'm doing a lot of touring and things have been really busy for me.
• We got off the Clash of the Titans tour and I said that my wife and I were working on having a baby and sure enough we found out that she was pregnant. So I told them nine months in advance that I wasn't going to tour in September so I could witness the birth of my first son.
• When I look back, it was a strange period in my life, looking at my childhood and then my teenage years and forming Slayer when I was still 17, not out of high school.
• You will in the future hear me on a pop album, but that's just the experimental side of me.
• You're at the hotel and after that you go to the venue and sit there and wait.
• At the moment I have my family coming out with me on the road. We have our own vehicle and it's more like a family vacation. I just stop, do some gigs, and take off. It's a lot more fun now with the family.
• I'm really not into the educational aspect of performing. It's not in me.
• Mike Patton is a genius... It is definitely the hardest music I've ever played.