Confess Quotes

“When you live life in the closet, when you live a lie, you are so pent up and repressed every single day of your existence that, when you finally emerge, you have an explosion of openness and candidness. You don't want to hold anything back.”
― Rob Halford, Confess: The Autobiography

“Whatever your age may be, when you go to a heavy metal gig, you're a teenager again.”
― Rob Halford, Confess: The Autobiography

“Walsall is famous for its leather industry; I once went on a school trip to a leather factory and saw how they made the leather chains, whips, and studs. I clearly took it to heart, as I’m still wearing them sixty years later.”
― Rob Halford, Confess: The Autobiography

“Getting involved was a no-brainer, and I flew to Los Angeles in May ’85. There were some stellar names there. I knew Ted Nugent and the guys from Journey and Iron Maiden, but I’d never met a lot of people: Dio, Mötley Crüe, W.A.S.P., Twisted Sister… Yet I was most excited that Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, who played David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls in This Is Spinal Tap, were there! Now here was some proper fucking rock royalty!”
― Rob Halford, Confess: The Autobiography

“We performers are an insecure bunch.”
― Rob Halford, Confess: The Autobiography

“Because, whatever age you may be, when you go to a heavy metal gig, you’re a teenager again.”
― Rob Halford, Confess: The Autobiography

“I am the stately homo of heavy metal.”
― Rob Halford, Confess: The Autobiography