Iowa,' for me, I hated doing that album - it wasn't a good experience for me. — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I have a hard time with any sort of criticism; not because I have some huge ego or anything like that. — Jim Root Copy Share Image
Some of the guys in Stone Sour, I think they just want to be a radio band and write strictly for radio… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I'm definitely a lot more reserved without the mask on. And with the mask on, all those inhibitions kinda go out the… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
When you've got a mask on, you're kind of invincible. It's almost like nobody can see you, and you can do what… — Jim Root Consequences Copy Share Image
I've started to look at guitar playing from more than just a standpoint of using certain modes and techniques. — Jim Root Guitar Copy Share Image
I want to see the guitar in a non-linear sense that encompasses tones, arrangements, songwriting, audio production, and everything else - you… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I wanna buy vinyl and I want to listen to records on it. I want to put on 'Dark Side of the… — Jim Root Dark Copy Share Image
Yes, it is extremely lucky to be doing what I'm doing, and I wouldn't change any of it for the world. — Jim Root Change Copy Share Image
We considered all sorts of names - everything from Tarantula Bomb to Superego to Section 8. Some of them were already taken,… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
In my opinion, I would still like to go into a studio - because I love the environment of being in a… — Jim Root Beginning Copy Share Image
I love Stone Sour. I love the music that we created. and it was a fun ride. But if I'm going to… — Jim Root Communication Copy Share Image
You could say, 'Oh, we're gonna write the heaviest album of all time' or 'We're gonna write an album that sounds like… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
You know, 'Mad Max' and 'The Road Warrior' was part of my childhood, and that's why I'm so close to it. I… — Jim Root Childhood Copy Share Image
Rick Rubin was able to do things that Dave Fortman could never do. I'm not trying to take anything away from Dave… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
With all the different guys in the band and all the different ideas of what's what, it's hard to get everybody on… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I'm extremely lucky to be doing what I'm doing right now and I work very hard at maintaining this career and living… — Jim Root Career Copy Share Image
We do things the way we do them and we do them unashamedly. It's our art. If you don't like it, that's… — Jim Root Art Copy Share Image
I don't like to try to put, like, 'Let's do this type of record,' 'cause it never turns out that way anyways. — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I love 'Mad Max' and 'The Road Warrior,' in particular - those movies are very close to my soul, you know what… — Jim Root Film Copy Share Image
I can never look at anything I do subjectively - whether it's a Stone Sour record or a Slipknot record, I can… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
No, I would never in a million years compare anything we've done to anything we've previously done. I don't believe in it… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
When we recorded 'Iowa,' we jammed, we went through the songs, we played as a band and we recorded as a band. — Jim Root Copy Share Image
That's why I don't necessarily enjoy it when bands cover other songs. You'll never recreate what has been done, especially if it's… — Jim Root Bands Copy Share Image
We're still evolving as a band. I think that's really important for a band to do, especially after being around for so… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
Sometimes, hindsight is 20/20. Sometimes it takes another situation to kind of make you look back at a different situation and really… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I'm always living at least a year ahead of where I'm really at, and that can really lead you to some negative… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
There are many different artforms that are just being lost because the whole digital revolution has homogenized everything, turned it all into… — Jim Root Being Copy Share Image
All my racks are the same between Slipknot and Stone Sour. The only thing I'll do is switch out pedals in the… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
The future of Slipknot is always in doubt. I always prepare for each album as if it's gonna be the last. — Jim Root Copy Share Image
So many bands play to tracks - what's the point in coming to see them live if they're playing to a CD? — Jim Root Copy Share Image
Slipknot's the kind of band you need to step away from and kind of take a break from and let it heal,… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong - I'm still way into the metal, but I've been listening to different things like Radiohead, Portishead, Bjork,… — Jim Root Age Copy Share Image
My first real real guitar I had was a Charvel, model 1 and that was when I was 15, I think, I got that. — Jim Root Copy Share Image
We're a unique band, so why have a generic producer lumping you in a box with other bands that sound the same? — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I'll never be able to listen to anything we've done like someone who's just picked it up for the first time. — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I was spreading myself too thin. That was making me unhappy and that, in turn, was making the rest of Stone Sour… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
It's important to evolve without ever straying too far from your roots and what established you. — Jim Root Copy Share Image
As you're touring there are so many layers to a live show, it has always been important for me to have a… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I feel weird talking about it, because how can I, as the guitar player of Slipknot, sit here and say, 'Oh, I… — Jim Root Guitar Copy Share Image
