I'm the guy that gets up at three in the morning to jot down an entire sheet of lyrics for something that… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
You don't break ground by doing the same thing over and over and over. That's like standing in place. You have to… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
A song is only as strong as its foundation, and when it comes so naturally in any setting, those are the songs… — 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… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
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
I have that love for music, when you are finding either old gems that you never heard or newer stuff that perks… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I always tell the fans, 'Screw it! Like what you like. Listen to what you want.' Insisting that one type of music… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I don't mean to be overly sensitive or anything like that, but you just have to take a minute in every day,… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
There's such a huge difference between a great arrangement of riffs and a song. Sometimes the two can be the same. But… — 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 didn't have the worst childhood, but I didn't have the best, and when you grow up like that, you have certain… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
Do what you do and mean it every second of the day. If you don't, you're living someone else's life. — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I've had to really teach myself that when you're not feeling it, you shouldn't write anything down because you're going to end… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I think people are tired of fake music, man. And there's a lot of it. Technology has reached the point where any… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I am the kind of guy who has never taken myself too seriously. I mean, I am very serious about what I… — 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
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
I don't feel guilty about the music I love. If you feel guilty about something you dig, then you should stop feeling… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
When I write a book... it's the same essential approach to music as with books. It has to be something I want… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
'The Blair Witch Project' is great for motion sickness. The first time you see it, it is extremely creepy. The first time… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
There's a certain darkness to Slipknot, but at the same time, there's a very strong dose of positivity. Stone Sour is the… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
Everyone one-on-one will be completely honest about the music that they listen to. But then you get into a group situation, and… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
If you are too overwhelmed, then when you sit down and try to write something, it feels forced. There's nothing worse than… — 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
You gotta remember: we're musicians... we're just crazy people who can't get along sometimes. I've definitely come to the table with my… — 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
