I don't consciously think of any certain direction when I'm writing. I only try not to be repetitive or redundant. — Jim Root Direction Copy Share Image
I'm just kind of more, like, I'm gonna take every day as it comes and that's gonna be good enough for me. — Jim Root Day Copy Share Image
You don't even know are we going to have a career? Are we going to be able to sell records? Are we… — Jim Root Career 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 Communication Copy Share Image
You know, 'Mad Max' and 'The Road Warrior' was part of my childhood, and that's why I'm so close to it. I… — Jim Root Childhood 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 Difficult Copy Share Image
As a person, I think you're always kind of searching for something or going through a hardship, whether it's your parents splitting… — Jim Root Parenting 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 Band Copy Share Image
I'll admit that I don't have a lot of discipline when it comes to practicing. I'm not the type of guy who… — Jim Root Discipline 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… — Jim Root Even Copy Share Image
I like to improvise so much live because I get bored playing the same thing over again. It's like the kid at… — Jim Root Again 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 Done Copy Share Image
Finding the right amp can be a process, especially when you're young and just starting out. When I was a kid, I… — Jim Root Christmas Copy Share Image
The masks, for us, are more of a way to present ourselves live, you know? — Jim Root Live Copy Share Image
Every experience you have in life can be applied to different things. — Jim Root Different Copy Share Image
There is a solo on 'Spiders,' albeit a kind of a non-traditional solo, but that's what I love. — Jim Root I love Copy Share Image
It's always been about the live show for us. We're having Halloween onstage every night. — Jim Root Always Copy Share Image
Dave Fortman really helped me appreciate Rick Rubin as a producer. — Jim Root Appreciate Copy Share Image
I don't seek out knowledge when it comes to guitar playing; I like to let it happen naturally. — Jim Root Guitar Copy Share Image
If you have a sickness, you gotta fix that sickness, but you can't keep putting somebody into treatment over and over and… — Jim Root Again Copy Share Image
Music is like wine, it ages beautifully - and if you spend enough time you can just sit there and listen to… — Jim Root Enough Copy Share Image
With 'Iowa,' if you ask me, we really passed up a lot of things that we could have done with the two… — Jim Root Done 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 Friends Copy Share Image
For Slipknot, I'd say drumming is only 50 or 60 percent of the job. The rest of it is who you are… — Jim Root Drumming Copy Share Image
I have a hard time with any sort of criticism; not because I have some huge ego or anything like that. — Jim Root Anything Copy Share Image
There's such an energy and emotion to rock music, which is a lot of the reason I go back to '60s and… — Jim Root Bands Copy Share Image
That's why I don't necessarily enjoy it when bands cover other songs. You'll never recreate what has been done, especially if it's… — Jim Root Bands Copy Share Image
My approach in 1999 was basically to play what I had, that was all I could do. At the time I was… — Jim Root Green Copy Share Image
I've seen the Tortilla Guy hashtag when I'm going through my Instagram and all of that and I think it's pretty funny.… — Jim Root Fun Copy Share Image
To have a No. 1 with 130,000 copies sold is, you know, I remember when we first started selling records, in order… — Jim Root Million Copy Share Image
It became apparent to me near the end of the album cycle for 'House Of Gold & Bones' that it had basically… — Jim Root Band 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 Everything Copy Share Image
In my opinion, I would still like to go into a studio - because I love the environment of being in a… — Jim Root Beginning Copy Share Image
