Big Quote by Jim Root

People need to go back and figure out why it is that Slipknot plays the way it is. That way, maybe, you know, maybe…

— Jim Root

People that like Slipknot that could care less about Stone Sour, people that like Stone Sour that don't know a lot of Slipknot.

— Jim Root

As much as I love Slipknot, I don't want that to carry over into what I do for Stone Sour. I want both bands…

— Corey Taylor

Slipknot's not about who's in the band. It's a lifeblood. It's a force. It's about a connection between a bunch of people.

— Joey Jordison

This has never been a popularity contest. The people we care for and work with know who they are and how we feel about…

— Anonymous

I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me…

— Henry Rollins

We manage to bounce ideas off one another. Every band fights, but at the end of the day, we're very positive about the way…

— Keith Emerson

Some of the journalists who've ended up writing about our band - and this is disappointing to say - have a very narrow outlook.…

— Rostam Batmanglij

We're a very stubborn and stupid band. And we don't make decisions necessarily based on what's best for everybody.

— John Dolmayan

Being in a band with 11 people has made us learn everyone needs to compromise.

— Susan Tedeschi

Well obviously, when you're in a band you have to diplomatic about things. Everybody wants to put in their two cents and while sometimes…

— Dino Cazares

Naturally, in a band or duo, it's really about compromise which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

— Curt Smith