Well, basically Corey and I were in Stone Sour before we joined Slipknot. — Jim Root Copy Share Image
We're closer friends in Stone Sour than I am with the guys in Slipknot and that makes life a lot easier. I'm… — Jim Root 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
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 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
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 Copy Share Image
You know, unfortunately I'm only one person. I can't really be in two places at one time and the amount of focus… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
In a nine-piece-band is one guy gonna call up eight guys and have a 45-minute discussion about every decision? No. So things… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
One of the downfalls of not being in Stone Sour was I sat at home for two and a half years, and… — 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
People that like Slipknot that could care less about Stone Sour, people that like Stone Sour that don't know a lot of… — Jim Root 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
I wanna buy vinyl and I want to listen to records on it. I want to put on 'Dark Side of the Moon' in… — 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 you want… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
You know, unfortunately I'm only one person. I can't really be in two places at one time and the amount of focus that I… — 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 - I… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
Well that's probably what'll end up happening: a load of really good musicians who can't afford to be in bands, who have to have… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
The thing that scares me about the way the music industry has changed so much is that I'm afraid that the record, the album,… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
It's probably a lot cooler than wearing jeans and a T-shirt. Once I put on the mask, I don't even realize that it's there.… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
It's always been about the live show for us. We're having Halloween onstage every night. — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I think that the only goals that we try to set for ourselves is to evolve musically. — Jim Root 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 Copy Share Image
