--- title: "15 Me Quotes By Corey Taylor" description: "15 Me quotes by Corey Taylor. Plus more from Corey Taylor and more Me sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/corey-taylor-1968_anything_nobody-can-dare-me-to-do-anything-that-i_2724314.png" --- > [Nobody can dare me to do anything that I don't come up with on my own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/nobody-can-dare-me-to-do-anything-that-i-don-t-come-up-with-on-my-own/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/corey-taylor-1968_anything_nobody-can-dare-me-to-do-anything-that-i_2724314.png) > [People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they were saying,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/people-such-as-hunter-s-thompson-and-the-beats-were-a-huge-influence/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/corey-taylor-1968_animals_people-such-as-hunter-s-thompson-and-the_897187.png) > [The biggest difference between me and other artists out there is that they'll put anything out to sell a record or sell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/the-biggest-difference-between-me-and-other-artists-out-there-is-that/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/corey-taylor-1968_anything_the-biggest-difference-between-me-and-ot_2205976.png) > [To me, it makes more sense to write different songs and to play different kinds of music and to find your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/to-me-it-makes-more-sense-to-write-different-songs-and-to-play/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/771/corey-taylor-1968_different_to-me-it-makes-more-sense-to-write-diffe_917060.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/as-a-writer-as-a-lyricist-you-re-just-trying-to-make-sure-that-you-re/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b13/corey-taylor-1968_corners_as-a-writer-as-a-lyricist-you-re-just-tr_2457551.png) > [I'm such a horror geek, comic geek and action figure geek. I'm inspired by so much - from Hunter S. Thompson and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/i-m-such-a-horror-geek-comic-geek-and-action-figure-geek-i-m-inspired/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/corey-taylor-1968_action_i-m-such-a-horror-geek-comic-geek-and-ac_1038371.png) > [I feel like I've got a novel in me somewhere, but that's something... I was just talking to a buddy of mine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/i-feel-like-i-ve-got-a-novel-in-me-somewhere-but-that-s-something-i/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/corey-taylor-1968_about_i-feel-like-i-ve-got-a-novel-in-me-somew_650039.jpg) > [I've never tried to be anything but me. Even with Slipknot, where it can almost feel like a roll sometimes, it's still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/i-ve-never-tried-to-be-anything-but-me-even-with-slipknot-where-it/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d1/corey-taylor-1968_almost_i-ve-never-tried-to-be-anything-but-me-e_2582458.png) > [The fact that the public are mesmerised by Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and all these miserable people makes me laugh because those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/the-fact-that-the-public-are-mesmerised-by-britney-spears-lindsay/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/857/corey-taylor-1968_about_the-fact-that-the-public-are-mesmerised_1964923.jpg) > [As iconic a band as Metallica has become, I think sometimes we forget just how raw they were in the beginning of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/as-iconic-a-band-as-metallica-has-become-i-think-sometimes-we-forget/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/corey-taylor-1968_band_as-iconic-a-band-as-metallica-has-become_471457.png) > [I've always gravitated towards those ultimate lines in songs, the line you grab on to. That line in 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/i-ve-always-gravitated-towards-those-ultimate-lines-in-songs-the-line/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b34/corey-taylor-1968_always_i-ve-always-gravitated-towards-those-ult_1876651.png) > [Music was my salvation. If music hadn't come into my life, I'd be talking to you from a penitentiary. I found I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/music-was-my-salvation-if-music-hadn-t-come-into-my-life-i-d-be/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/corey-taylor-1968_circumstances_music-was-my-salvation-if-music-hadn-t-c_465576.jpg) > [I'm kind of lucky in the fact that I can take something that's in my head and write it down, or I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/i-m-kind-of-lucky-in-the-fact-that-i-can-take-something-that-s-in-my/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/corey-taylor-1968_down_i-m-kind-of-lucky-in-the-fact-that-i-can_2593555.png) > [I grew up poor in crappy situations... various crappy situations. What kept me sane was reading and music. I had so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/i-grew-up-poor-in-crappy-situations-various-crappy-situations-what/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/corey-taylor-1968_beat_i-grew-up-poor-in-crappy-situations-vari_1739640.jpg) > [I've still got the same friends that I grew up with, I still go to the same places that I used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/i-ve-still-got-the-same-friends-that-i-grew-up-with-i-still-go-to-the/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/corey-taylor-1968_call_i-ve-still-got-the-same-friends-that-i-g_561241.png) ## Other authors on Me ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/me/corey-taylor/#itemlist", "name": "15 Me Quotes By Corey Taylor", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nobody can dare me to do anything that I don't come up with on my own.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Corey Taylor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/nobody-can-dare-me-to-do-anything-that-i-don-t-come-up-with-on-my-own/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/corey-taylor-1968_anything_nobody-can-dare-me-to-do-anything-that-i_2724314.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/corey-taylor-1968_anything_nobody-can-dare-me-to-do-anything-that-i_2724314.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/corey-taylor-1968_anything_nobody-can-dare-me-to-do-anything-that-i_2724314.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nobody can dare me to do anything that I don't come up with on my own.” — Corey Taylor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People such as Hunter S. 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