As much as I love Slipknot, I don’t want that to carry over into what I do for Stone Sour. I want both bands to stand on their own.
I started to find that music was something that really brought a lot of joy into my life, and it was sort of cool because I discovered that I had a gift for it, too. So the stuff I would listen to I could play along, I could sing along.
I’m really proud of the fact that anywhere, at any time, I can make music. A lot of people can’t do that.
I think you’re always gonna have half the generation that’s lazy. But I think it makes the other half work that much harder.
I can’t remember who said it, but there’s a great saying that goes, “Dumb should hurt.
You’re all so glued to your phones, tablets, and computers that life isn’t even running away from you at this point; it’s strolling, taking its own sweet time because it knows damn well you’re not going to pull your nose out of your Facebook page long enough to realize it’s already gone.
I haven’t been everywhere, but I’ve been to enough “wheres” to know that Earth has pockets of stupid popping up north, south, east, and west. From the equator to the prime meridian – dumb does not so easily wash off.
Rage is not a sin, but it can be the trigger that makes us commit sins. The real problem comes when we bottle up emotion and ignore the fact that we need to let ourselves be angry. Bad things happen when good people pretend nothing is wrong.
I am a man ruled by music- I live, die, fight and survive for it.
The wheels on the bus may go ’round and ’round, but that bus might run you over if the driver gets fired.
Everything you feel is temporary.
When everything’s offensive, then nothing will be.
Life sucks, so grab a straw and suck it.
Being around stupid, callous people makes me feel like I have the flu:.
But even compared to my fashion disasters, this guy looked like a douche pickle soaked in toilet water.
What is left in its place appears to be a person who has about as much use as a door with no handles or hinges. Do you know what a door like that is called? A wall – hence the saying “dumber than a brick wall.
The pale fabric of reality has so many hidden pockets that we can find some change in here somewhere – you just have to dig a little deeper to avoid the chewing gum and past mistakes.
High school is meant to be socialism for beginners. Instead, it becomes a strange TV movie for the feudal system. You end up with a commingling of everything bad in the world.
Anything exceptional gets crushed by common people with jealousy and ignorance and all their common evils.
But I am no Lord of the Hill; these hands pitching fastballs at glass houses are just as dirty as yours are.
The difference between knowing yourself and trusting yourself is minute, but its repercussions are infinite.