There is a solo on 'Spiders,' albeit a kind of a non-traditional solo, but that's what I love. — Jim Root 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
I love 'Mad Max' and 'The Road Warrior,' in particular - those movies are very close to my soul, you know what… — Jim Root Film 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 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 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
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 have a hard time with any sort of criticism; not because I have some huge ego or anything like that. — 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… — Jim Root Consequences 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 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 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
It's easy to get a good amp that might not be the right amp for you. When you go to a music… — Jim Root Decision Copy Share Image
The culture of buying an album on CD or vinyl has gone out of the window. A lot of kids don't really… — Jim Root Culture 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 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 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 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 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 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
With 'Iowa,' if you ask me, we really passed up a lot of things that we could have done with the two… — 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 Friends 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 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
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
People need to go back and figure out why it is that Slipknot plays the way it is. That way, maybe, you… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
For one reason or another, a lot of guys wind up with a guitar that isn't really right for them. — Jim Root Guitar 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 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
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 Care Copy Share Image
We're a unique band, so why have a generic producer lumping you in a box with other bands that sound the same? — Jim Root 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 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 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
It's important to evolve without ever straying too far from your roots and what established you. — 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… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I feel weird talking about it, because how can I, as the guitar player of Slipknot, sit here and say, 'Oh, I… — Jim Root Guitar Copy Share Image
Slipknot's the kind of band you need to step away from and kind of take a break from and let it heal,… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
