Scott Weiland Quotes
Rock and roll doesn't allow you to grow up - especially if you're not trying very hard to.
Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated.
Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down.
I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.
I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they're not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them.
Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.
When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.
Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.
I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while I go through manic episodes and really depressed episodes.
It doesn't matter what kind of problems a family is having; it should always stay in the family.
When I'm not completely loaded, it's a much more vulnerable place. I can feel the music, I can feel the energy and I really have to put it out there. When I was loaded, I was just oblivious.
I had a period in my life in the '90s where I was definitely young, dumb, and full of even more dumb.
Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.
I prefer to break new ground, but it gets harder and harder with the territory that's already been walked on.
When you're in love, you've found your soul mate, you think life is going one way, and suddenly it's completely apparent it's not. You have to rethink your whole purpose.
It's got big riffs and really it's a rock and roll album. I think Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver fans will relate to that
I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.
But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself.
You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion.
Eventually I want to subsidize my income with other creative outlets that are going to not keep me tied to the road so much.
As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.
It seems like everyone's got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories.
To be appreciated by a whole 'nother generation of fans, all of a sudden discovering you, it's kind of what I did with the classic bands I love - the ones that influenced me.
It's better to not set your expectations high. And that's what happens when you have a long career - not every album is going to be record setting.
