JUDAS PRIEST Singer Rob Halford - "To Be Honest, We Don't Give A Damn What People Think About Our Music"
August 11, 2008, 15 years ago
JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford spoke to Chartattack.com about a number of topics including their latest epic release, Nostradamus.
"To be honest, we don't give a damn what people think about our music," says Halford. "We just go into writing or recording sessions and give it 1,000 per cent and play it from the heart, and it's left in the lap of the gods for people to make of it what they will."I think if we worried too much about reactions, we'd be sitting at home twiddling our thumbs. We're really happy with what we made, and that's the main thing for us."
This wouldn't be the first time that Judas Priest have shocked longtime fans with a questionable change in direction. Turbo was heavily criticized for its use of synthesizers and a more '80s glam metal approach when it came out in 1986.
"I think all musicians are directed by their own sense of creativity," says Halford. "If you worried yourself about what people are going to think about what you're doing, I think the world would be a very stale place to live in."It's all about shaking things up and bringing new ideas forward. Ironically enough, Turbo is our most successful commercial release in the United States. I don't know what that means, but it must mean something."
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