Tom Araya
Tom Araya
Tomás Enrique "Tom" Araya Díazis a Chilean American musician, best known as the bassist and vocalist 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMetal Singer
Date of Birth6 June 1961
CityVina del Mar, Chile
CountryUnited States of America
american-musician bunch focused sat stuff toward written
I have a bunch of stuff written that we haven't used, but I haven't sat down and really focused on what to put toward the album.
ideas band venom
Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer
writing
I write, I write, I always write.
fortune
Fortune is either with you or it's not.
writing focus be-good
No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it
couple half firsts
We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there
writing yeah
I just don't write musically, but lyrically, yeah I write.
mind trying interviews
When I do interviews, I enter them with an open mind and try to answer the questions the best I can.
wine heart thinking
A good wine has many qualities I think. If drunk moderately, it is healthy and good for your heart.
couple moving home
We just bought a new house, so my wife's been doing all the moving and other stuff, so I would like to go home and just sit and enjoy all that for a couple months before I gotta start playing again
catholic born raised
I was born and raised Catholic.
american-musician beatles inspired kinda learning rolling songs stones time
We would just be learning to play Beatles songs and Rolling Stones songs of that time - of the '60s. That's kinda what inspired me to play.
dad drank enjoy flavors goes growing learned qualities rick spoke taste tastes taught
Growing up, my dad drank a lot of wine, so I got a taste for, and learned how to enjoy it. He spoke a lot about flavors and differences in tastes of wine. Also, our manager, Rick Sales, is a big wine drinker; he goes to a lot of wine-tasting classes, and he's taught me about the qualities of wine.
anybody basically book books chance good jumps life recommend walk
I recommend anybody go to a bookstore, go down the self-help or new-age section, and just walk those aisles. See what book jumps out at you; there's a good chance it's a book you need in your life. That's basically how I find the books that I read.