Love Quote by Glenn Tipton

There’s a quiet defiance tucked inside Tipton’s plainspoken enthusiasm: heavy metal isn’t a phase, a costume, or a guilty pleasure. It’s work you choose again, nightly, and still call a joy. Coming from a Judas Priest guitarist - a band that helped define metal’s sound and look - the line reads like a rebuttal to decades of polite condescension. Metal has long been treated as noise for kids, a genre you’re supposed to outgrow. Tipton flips that script by stressing repetition and ritual: “every night,” “get out on that stage,” “perform.” Not “play” or “party” - perform, like craft.

The subtext is loyalty, but not the sentimental kind. He’s loyal to the music (“not just Judas Priest”) and to the broader tribe (“we love heavy metal”), widening the circle beyond band-brand fandom. That matters in a genre built on scene identity: you’re not merely consuming songs, you’re joining a culture that values intensity, precision, and communal release. The phrasing is collective - “we love,” “we love,” “we love” - a band speaking as a unit, and also a band speaking to its audience. It’s an invitation and a bond.

Context sharpens the stakes. Tipton’s public battle with Parkinson’s has reframed “able to do it” as more than tour-speak. The joy is real, but it’s also gratitude - and a statement that the body may negotiate, but the will to stand under the lights doesn’t automatically surrender.