Tom Araya Quotes

United States, Musician
June 6, 1961

Tomás "Tom" Enrique Araya Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: born June 6, 1961) is a Chilean-American musician, best known as the lead vocalist and bassist of the American thrash metal band Slayer. Araya is ranked fifty-eighth by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time.

I would have to work on the song and figure out how they wanted the song done, because they're such high-intensity songs. We figure that out first, then I go back and listen to it and go over and rehearse stuff with it and try to get a feel for the words.

Tom Araya Slayer
- Songs
- Listen
- Figure
After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean?

Tom Araya Slayer
- Music
- Remember
- Mean

No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it.

Tom Araya Slayer
- Good
- Focus
Fortune is either with you or it's not.

Tom Araya Slayer
- Fortune
I went to school for about 2 years on a technical course, and I learned a lot. I learned about air mixture ratios and all the stuff; I learned how to draw blood.

Tom Araya Slayer
- School
- Blood
- Learned
I had to be at least 8 or 9; I was listening to everything on the radio. You name it, I heard every song.

Tom Araya Slayer
- Song
- Listening
- Radio
I was born and raised Catholic.

Tom Araya Slayer
- Born
- Catholic