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David Draiman Quotes

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“I definitely think that it continues to grow and become more diverse; particularly the rock genre. There’s so many subgenres nowadays in rock and metal it’s almost impossible to keep track. I love that! I love the different flavors, I love how unique and diversified it’s become. I love the loyalty of the base and their tenacity. The fact that we stand the test of time and we don’t succumb to trends. I think it’s really amazing how it’s continued to thrive. And I think it would only continue to thrive. ”
— David Draiman, Interview – David Draiman of Device
Tagged: Music, Heavy Metal, subgenres, trends
“To be honest, the show itself. The energy exchange, the whole vibe. There’s nothing more intoxicating, there is no sensation in life more addictive.”
— David Draiman
Tagged: Performing, concerts, Music, Disturbed, Intoxicating
“The things I’m passionate about, the things that still haunt me. I’ve always said, I’ve got enough stored up for a hundred more records. I’ve had a tumultuous life, and I continue to have a tumultuous life. I’ve been very blessed but it’s dramatic. ”
— David Draiman, Interview – David Draiman of Device
Tagged: Passion, Haunted, Drama, tumultuous, Blessed
“Something that we consciously recognized when we were writing the Immortalized album was that there’s no longer any reason for us to have any creative or stylistic limitations of any kind. This track and the success that it has seen is only further proof and validation of that. I’m not saying that all of a sudden we’re going to become an orchestral, ambient, acoustic, operatic band, but that definitely is something that we can have as part of our repertoire. We’ll primarily be aggressive and rhythmic and empowering and driving, but it’s always nice to have a caress that happens in between the multiple slaps to the face.”
— David Draiman
Tagged: Immortalized, Disturbed, Songwriting
“You always hope to transcend what you’ve already done, and this certainly seems to be doing just that. We really couldn’t be happier. We welcome anyone and everyone to the fold, and it’s just great to know that the emotion and the style of this particular version of this song is affecting so many people.”
— David Draiman
Tagged: Transcendence, Emotion, Music, Disturbed
“As a child I had trained as a cantor, who leads the Jewish congregation in prayer, so I’d had quite a bit of vocal training. And that’s still with me to this day. I first got involved in music when I was at a school in LA, a punk rock band doing covers of Ramones and Sex Pistols and a couple of originals. I got involved in a lot of decadent behavior as well.”
— David Draiman, My Life Story | Disturbed’s David Draiman
Tagged: cantor, shul, Judaism, The Ramones, Sex PIstols, Disturbed
“You have to understand the kinds of institutions these places were. Imagine an incredibly difficult Catholic hardcore boarding school, only instead of priests they were full of rabbis. Basically we were not allowed to watch television, go to the movies, we were not allowed to read a newspaper. We could not look at a magazine like GQ even, in case there were pictures of girls dressed in lingerie we might get excited. We were not allowed to fraternize with the opposite sex whatsoever. We had to wear specific types of clothing—button sewn collars, suit pants, a prayer shawl underneath our shirts. We had to pray three times a day. We had to bless before we ate, after we ate, before we went to the bathroom, after we went to the bathroom, for every little thing there was a blessing. And they would watch you. It was just very stifling, not a normal adolescent existence.”
— David Draiman, My Life Story | Disturbed’s David Draiman
Tagged: shul, rabbinical school, Disturbed, Heavy Metal
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