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> [My biggest influences were 1980s punk and metal. Metallica were my biggest influence because they were good at everything - riffs, energy - but with such an ear for melody, it was hard not to get pulled into it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/my-biggest-influences-were-1980s-punk-and-metal-metallica-were-my/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

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> [I have that love for music, when you are finding either old gems that you never heard or newer stuff that perks your ear. It keeps you trying to look for new stuff to write about it. You don't spin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/i-have-that-love-for-music-when-you-are-finding-either-old-gems-that/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

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## More by Corey Taylor

> [“His behavior wasn’t helping his Q points at all. He’d been making attempts to engage in conversation with almost everyone, but once he joined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/his-behavior-wasn-t-helping-his-q-points-at-all-he-d-been-making/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

> [The weird thing about metal fans is we're all so maladjusted in a lot of ways. We're individualistic and opinionated and severe in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/the-weird-thing-about-metal-fans-is-we-re-all-so-maladjusted-in-a-lot/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/i-m-not-gonna-do-the-same-tired-standard-i-was-born-in-a-log-cabin/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

> [When Paris Hilton can top the bestsellers' lists, we are one more Connect Four move closer to Armageddon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/when-paris-hilton-can-top-the-bestsellers-lists-we-are-one-more/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

> [People can talk about punk all they want, but after new wave put that down, metal is the voice of the disenfranchised and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/people-can-talk-about-punk-all-they-want-but-after-new-wave-put-that/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

> [The first year I was sober was probably the worst year of my life. My immune system was screwed. I completely isolated myself. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/the-first-year-i-was-sober-was-probably-the-worst-year-of-my-life-my/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

> [Popular thought appeals to crowds, gatherings and tribes, who use it as a way to guide the herd. It is very evident in protests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/popular-thought-appeals-to-crowds-gatherings-and-tribes-who-use-it-as/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

> [Life is not that simple. That is why it is called life. That word includes both lie and if. Time to figure out which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/life-is-not-that-simple-that-is-why-it-is-called-life-that-word/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

> [I will always make music with Stone Sour. Stone Sour will always be here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/i-will-always-make-music-with-stone-sour-stone-sour-will-always-be/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

> [There's times when I'm cleaning the kitchen, and while I'm doing that, I'm singing and air guitaring with a broom to 'You Should Be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/there-s-times-when-i-m-cleaning-the-kitchen-and-while-i-m-doing-that/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

> [I bet you a handful of Chili's coupons that Jesus had a foot fetish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/i-bet-you-a-handful-of-chili-s-coupons-that-jesus-had-a-foot-fetish/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

> [“But then again, can't people just not fucking suck as human beings once in awhile? Is that too much to fucking ask? Is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/but-then-again-can-t-people-just-not-fucking-suck-as-human-beings/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

> [But I always kind of knew in the back of my head that I could come back and do Stone Sour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/but-i-always-kind-of-knew-in-the-back-of-my-head-that-i-could-come/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

> [“Pride is love for one’s deeds or achievements. Vanity is love for one’s . . . one, I guess.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/pride-is-love-for-one-s-deeds-or-achievements-vanity-is-love-for-one/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

> [“An expert is nothing more than a vain person who has read a book.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/an-expert-is-nothing-more-than-a-vain-person-who-has-read-a-book/)

[Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/)

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