Shawn Crahan

We will never recreate 'Iowa.'

— Shawn Crahan

I was born to make movies.

— Shawn Crahan

Slipknot started out of tragedy.

— Shawn Crahan

I don't usually let people see me cry.

— Shawn Crahan

I want to bring art into everything.

— Shawn Crahan

People are animals, man.

— Shawn Crahan

I've been to Dachau.

— Shawn Crahan

I get to be a kid forever.

— Shawn Crahan

I don't like people because I don't trust them.

— Shawn Crahan

I'm in the greatest band in the world, period. End of story. We're the best.

— Shawn Crahan

I can't predict the future, nor will I. I'm not a fortune teller.

— Shawn Crahan

In true Slipknot fashion, nothing we plan works out the way we want it.

— Shawn Crahan

No, there's other actor who could play The Clown in Slipknot.

— Shawn Crahan

We want to push it. We feel we are the envelope.

— Shawn Crahan

I can only be the madman that I've been so long.

— Shawn Crahan

El Paso is the final Wild, Wild West city.

— Shawn Crahan

Everybody wants to escape, but our escape is the real deal. If we're scary, that's because we're taking you away from you…

— Shawn Crahan

I think every song Slipknot has written is a greatest hit, but there are only four records.

— Shawn Crahan

The masks were more of a representation of what you wanted to present as yourself.

— Shawn Crahan

The Backstreet Boys are easy; they're cream. And then here we are, this nine-piece metal militia.

— Shawn Crahan

We, as a band, have never decided to go away. We've never even talked about it. It's not even a question.

— Shawn Crahan

There is nothing perfect, no one can be perfect, and perfectionism is something you shouldn't chase.

— Shawn Crahan

This world is ugly, and it's supposed to be, and it has to be in order for art to lead to grandness…

— Shawn Crahan

You can look for something that's equivalent to Slipknot, and you're going to fail miserably.

— Shawn Crahan

I don't need the new fan; I need the fan that has anxiety - parents are getting divorced, social problems, gender problems…

— Shawn Crahan

I've been inside the Anne Frank house. You've only read about Anne Frank in grade school. I've been in it. I've seen…

— Shawn Crahan

I lost both my parents, and it wasn't as hard as losing Paul, because you've got your whole life with them -…

— Shawn Crahan

To the general public, just remember the people around you. You might not know what they're thinking, so it's always nice to…

— Shawn Crahan

I didn't want to be in high school. I didn't want to go to grade school. I wanted to learn rock n'…

— Shawn Crahan

A lot of us in Slipknot, we get to go to wounded soldier hospitals where soldiers have lost their limbs. That's surreal.…

— Shawn Crahan

People always ask me: Is it the music? Is it the masks? No, it's all of it. It's Slipknot. It's the optics,…

— Shawn Crahan

I've got dreams now of reinventing 'Hellraiser' and just getting my head on anything I can get my hands on that maybe…

— Shawn Crahan

I'm not drawn to people that much unless there's a really serious energy happening, but I'll take a lot of pictures of…

— Shawn Crahan

I still live in Des Moines.

— Shawn Crahan

I'll die on the stage, man.

— Shawn Crahan

I've been obsessed with death since I was a little kid.

— Shawn Crahan

I don't have time for heartache or problems, especially drama.

— Shawn Crahan

What the world needs to know is that it's okay to need help.

— Shawn Crahan

I won't even let anyone in my house. I'm a private person.

— Shawn Crahan

The people who you think are the most solid are often the most hurt.

— Shawn Crahan