Music was my salvation. If music hadn't come into my life, I'd be talking to you from a penitentiary. I found I… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
As iconic a band as Metallica has become, I think sometimes we forget just how raw they were in the beginning of… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I've still got the same friends that I grew up with, I still go to the same places that I used to… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I feel like I've got a novel in me somewhere, but that's something... I was just talking to a buddy of mine… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they were saying,… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
To me, it makes more sense to write different songs and to play different kinds of music and to find your own… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm such a horror geek, comic geek and action figure geek. I'm inspired by so much - from Hunter S. Thompson and… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I grew up poor in crappy situations... various crappy situations. What kept me sane was reading and music. I had so many… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I've always gravitated towards those ultimate lines in songs, the line you grab on to. That line in 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,'… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
The fact that the public are mesmerised by Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and all these miserable people makes me laugh because those… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
The biggest difference between me and other artists out there is that they'll put anything out to sell a record or sell… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
As a writer, as a lyricist, you're just trying to make sure that you're not repeating yourself. And that's a danger for… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I've never tried to be anything but me. Even with Slipknot, where it can almost feel like a roll sometimes, it's still… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm kind of lucky in the fact that I can take something that's in my head and write it down, or I… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
Nobody can dare me to do anything that I don't come up with on my own. — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
“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… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
When Paris Hilton can top the bestsellers' lists, we are one more Connect Four move closer to Armageddon. — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
People can talk about punk all they want, but after new wave put that down, metal is the voice of the disenfranchised and that… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
The first year I was sober was probably the worst year of my life. My immune system was screwed. I completely isolated myself. I… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
Popular thought appeals to crowds, gatherings and tribes, who use it as a way to guide the herd. It is very evident in protests… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
Life is not that simple. That is why it is called life. That word includes both lie and if. Time to figure out which… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I will always make music with Stone Sour. Stone Sour will always be here. — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
“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… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
