Well, basically Corey and I were in Stone Sour before we joined Slipknot. — Jim Root Basically Copy Share Image
I can't be on tour constantly if I really want to be creative. — Jim Root Constantly Copy Share Image
You can't evaluate your situation when you're in a band, not really. — Jim Root Band Copy Share Image
I like to keep my world positive. There's enough negativity kicking around. — Jim Root Enough Copy Share Image
I use Pro Tools version 9 LE at home and I take that on the road with me. — Jim Root Home Copy Share Image
I think that the only goals that we try to set for ourselves is to evolve musically. — Jim Root Evolve Copy Share Image
I'd rather be creative and be artistic and be able to play intricate music that moves and really takes you on a… — Jim Root Journey Copy Share Image
I was awkward in school. I didn't really fit in with any kind of crowd in school. I didn't have a lot… — Jim Root Close Copy Share Image
I'm definitely a lot more reserved without the mask on. And with the mask on, all those inhibitions kinda go out the… — Jim Root Go 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… — Jim Root Consequences Copy Share Image
A&E eggnog, there's nothing like it anywhere on Earth. It's the best liquid ever made. — Jim Root Anywhere Copy Share Image
I want to see the guitar in a non-linear sense that encompasses tones, arrangements, songwriting, audio production, and everything else - you… — Jim Root Everything Copy Share Image
Yes, it is extremely lucky to be doing what I'm doing, and I wouldn't change any of it for the world. — Jim Root Change 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 Guitar Copy Share Image
There's a lot for us to achieve and a lot more music to explore. I'm not saying we want to start doing… — Jim Root Achieve 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 Band Copy Share Image
You spend 20 years doing something and when you're not doing it, it's hard to figure out what it is you're made… — Jim Root Figure 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… — Jim Root Bands 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… — Jim Root Dark 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,… — Jim Root Everything 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 Anything Copy Share Image
You could say, 'Oh, we're gonna write the heaviest album of all time' or 'We're gonna write an album that sounds like… — Jim Root Band Copy Share Image
I don't like to try to put, like, 'Let's do this type of record,' 'cause it never turns out that way anyways. — Jim Root Cause Copy Share Image
I love 'Mad Max' and 'The Road Warrior,' in particular - those movies are very close to my soul, you know what… — Jim Root Love Copy Share Image
We do things the way we do them and we do them unashamedly. It's our art. If you don't like it, that's… — Jim Root Art 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… — Jim Root Bad Copy Share Image
When we recorded 'Iowa,' we jammed, we went through the songs, we played as a band and we recorded as a band. — Jim Root Band Copy Share Image
There are many different artforms that are just being lost because the whole digital revolution has homogenized everything, turned it all into… — Jim Root Being 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 Between Copy Share Image
Sometimes, hindsight is 20/20. Sometimes it takes another situation to kind of make you look back at a different situation and really… — Jim Root Good Copy Share Image
The future of Slipknot is always in doubt. I always prepare for each album as if it's gonna be the last. — Jim Root Always Copy Share Image
You always have to be on top of your game, because you never know what is going to happen. — Jim Root Always Copy Share Image
My first real real guitar I had was a Charvel, model 1 and that was when I was 15, I think, I got that. — Jim Root First Copy Share Image
I'll never be able to listen to anything we've done like someone who's just picked it up for the first time. — Jim Root Anything Copy Share Image
It's important to evolve without ever straying too far from your roots and what established you. — Jim Root Evolve Copy Share Image
As you're touring there are so many layers to a live show, it has always been important for me to have a… — Jim Root Always Copy Share Image
I'm constantly writing, maybe a little more than other guys in the band. I find it a very therapeutic thing to do… — Jim Root Band Copy Share Image
Sometimes I can be a little bit I don't know, stubborn or something. Maybe to a fault. — Jim Root Fault Copy Share Image
