Corey Taylor

I'm a Gibson guy. I play anything from Hummingbirds to J200s.

— Corey Taylor

Life owes you nothing. You owe yourself everything.

— Corey Taylor

Live your life; whatever that life may be.

— Corey Taylor

Twitter. Honestly, that's all I really have to say to explain insanity.

— Corey Taylor

PETA. I would make everyone eat raw meat. [why] because I could.

— Corey Taylor

“We [human beings] are what happens when smart monkeys fuck.”

— Corey Taylor

Some of the smartest people I know are metal fans.

— Corey Taylor

Live your life, no matter what that life is.

— Corey Taylor

Slipknot is the darkness; Stone Sour is the light. Slipknot is chaos; Stone Sour is structure.

— Corey Taylor

It is always the nights you cannot remember that eventually become the stories you don’t forget.

— Corey Taylor

“As passion goes, wrath—or rage—is nearly indistinguishable from love in its intensity, the two epic ends of the maelstrom that makes us…

— Corey Taylor

“Yeah, I crack myself up a lot more than I crack anybody else up, but that is okay. At least I am…

— 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…

— Corey Taylor

I think you're always gonna have half the generation that's lazy. But I think it makes the other half work that much…

— Corey Taylor

I'm a very lucky guy. I get to write music that I love, and lo and behold, people seem to really like…

— Corey Taylor

“Some would rather leave humanity alone, which begs the question: Which is the bigger sin, rage or fear?”

— Corey Taylor

People ask me all the time what or who my influences are. To be honest, it would take a decent set of…

— Corey Taylor

I've seen everything from 'Wicked' to 'The Book Of Mormon,' and I don't make any bones of the fact that I love…

— Corey Taylor

The future is meant for those who are willing to let go of the worst parts of the past. When you cannot…

— Corey Taylor

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

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

The fact that the public are mesmerised by Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and all these miserable people makes me laugh because those…

— Corey Taylor

I've got to be honest, and I'm not just saying this because the majority of you reading this live there, but I…

— Corey Taylor

“Even if you have your ticket and your ID in your hand, people who normally have a firm grasp of how NEXT…

— Corey Taylor

“They have no shame. They don’t care that they are spreading moronic activity like a virus across the landscape. They don’t give…

— Corey Taylor

I'm living on coffee, cigarettes and hospitality food. My bags and things are all over this hotel room in Dallas, but the…

— Corey Taylor

I got into Dio when I was still quite young. I remember seeing the video for 'Rainbow In The Dark' on MTV.…

— Corey Taylor

The things that scare me are real life situations. Real life is much more scary than anything you can put on the…

— Corey Taylor

You need response from the fan to fuel your sense of musical rebellion. It's very symbiotic, it's very cyclic in a way.…

— Corey Taylor

I was a Marvel kid, and I would have to say that Spiderman is my all-time favorite character. As I got older,…

— Corey Taylor

From depression to ceiling fans, I've been through it all. I've taken almost every step that life has to offer and invariably…

— Corey Taylor

“You can have the best intentions in the world, but if you do nothing, you are nothing. It is a harsh glare…

— Corey Taylor

“There is going to come a time when we have to accept who we are without the assistance of religion. That will…

— Corey Taylor

“I have come to accept myself for what I am: human. I am not perfect. I am not immune to fate, but…

— Corey Taylor

“Things can get tough out there. I am in no way saying life is easy and we should breeze through it like…

— Corey Taylor

“Bad music is a form of murder to the true art of music in general.Bad music forced on a child is abuse…

— Corey Taylor

“I stood for a second staring at this imbecile, feeling like a burned-out sentinel watching the meteor streak toward the planet, bracing…

— Corey Taylor

“But I am no Lord of the Hill; these hands pitching fastballs at glass houses are just as dirty as yours are.…

— Corey Taylor

“I found myself sitting in the middle of a bedroom floor surrounded by atavistic morons, with a redhead on opiates who was…

— Corey Taylor

I will always make music with Stone Sour. Stone Sour will always be here.

— Corey Taylor