Corey Taylor

Our proximity keeps us honest. Our intentions keep us strangers.

— Corey Taylor

“When everything's offensive, then nothing will be.”

— Corey Taylor

“An expert is nothing more than a vain person who has read a book.”

— Corey Taylor

I still harbor lingering doubts about most people. I guess I always will.

— Corey Taylor

It's one giant Bowflex commercial covered in booze vomit.

— Corey Taylor

You can have the best intentions in the world but if you do nothing, you are nothing.

— Corey Taylor

You don't break ground by doing the same thing over and over and over. That's like standing in place. You have to…

— Corey Taylor

Before you tell yourself its a different scene remember its just different from what you've seen.

— Corey Taylor

Justin Bieber is a douche bag. Now that I have your attention, let's talk about cars.

— Corey Taylor

“emulation is a sincere form of flattery, but individuality is the only form of immortality.”

— Corey Taylor

I think of how and where all the horrible people I've come across in my life ended up, and I smile.

— Corey Taylor

Everyone knows Spiderman is my favorite superhero of all time. My favorite supervillain? George W. Bush.

— Corey Taylor

“Some would rather leave humanity alone, which begs the question: Which is the bigger sin, rage or fear?”

— Corey Taylor

I've had to really teach myself that when you're not feeling it, you shouldn't write anything down because you're going to end…

— Corey Taylor

Too many people chase dreams that they don't understand. Too many people try to go for things that they'd like to do,…

— Corey Taylor

Life is not that simple. That is why it is called life. That word includes both lie and if. Time to figure…

— Corey Taylor

Take one more deep breath, savor it, and plunge forward without thinking. Do not allow yourself hesitation. Do not allow yourself a…

— Corey Taylor

“Why”: Where do you even start to answer that simple one-word quandary? As huge as our souls are purported to be, what…

— Corey Taylor

As iconic a band as Metallica has become, I think sometimes we forget just how raw they were in the beginning of…

— Corey Taylor

You can make a thousand promises to yourself that you'll take that same fantastic love and give it to someone else, but…

— Corey Taylor

I have a really good idea for a novel and would like to just kind of try my hand at fiction. I'm…

— Corey Taylor

You need response from the fan to fuel your sense of musical rebellion. It's very symbiotic, it's very cyclic in a way.…

— Corey Taylor

The things that scare me are real life situations. Real life is much more scary than anything you can put on the…

— Corey Taylor

I was a Marvel kid, and I would have to say that Spiderman is my all-time favorite character. As I got older,…

— Corey Taylor

Reality, for all intents and purposes, is just life - the real world, pure and uncut, shot straight to the vein of…

— Corey Taylor

From depression to ceiling fans, I've been through it all. I've taken almost every step that life has to offer and invariably…

— Corey Taylor

“You can have the best intentions in the world, but if you do nothing, you are nothing. It is a harsh glare…

— Corey Taylor

I'm living on coffee, cigarettes and hospitality food. My bags and things are all over this hotel room in Dallas, but the…

— Corey Taylor

I got into Dio when I was still quite young. I remember seeing the video for 'Rainbow In The Dark' on MTV.…

— Corey Taylor

You ever tasted a smell? It's a very strange feeling. I've done it quite a few times and it still freaks me…

— Corey Taylor

The people I respect the least are the ones that take themselves way too seriously.

— Corey Taylor

“You’re laughing at me right now. That’s fine. Genius is often scoffed at when it arrives in the form of odd choices…

— Corey Taylor

I think you're always gonna have half the generation that's lazy. But I think it makes the other half work that much…

— Corey Taylor

I'm a very lucky guy. I get to write music that I love, and lo and behold, people seem to really like…

— Corey Taylor

“Yeah, I crack myself up a lot more than I crack anybody else up, but that is okay. At least I am…

— Corey Taylor

I'm not gonna do the same, tired, standard 'I was born in a log cabin...' kind of book. There's so much more…

— Corey Taylor

Slipknot is the darkness; Stone Sour is the light. Slipknot is chaos; Stone Sour is structure.

— Corey Taylor

“As passion goes, wrath—or rage—is nearly indistinguishable from love in its intensity, the two epic ends of the maelstrom that makes us…

— Corey Taylor

It is always the nights you cannot remember that eventually become the stories you don’t forget.

— Corey Taylor

I want you to understand something: I am loving father who would do anything for his kids, whether they are mine or…

— Corey Taylor