Scott Weiland Quotes

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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.

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The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I’m miserable.

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The Beatles have always had a big effect on me.

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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.

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Electric red hair is more for, like, people in their 20s and early 30s.

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Bowie is probably my favorite all-around songwriter and performer and personality. His ability to change over the years is such an inspiration. I love ‘Young Americans’ and ‘Fame.’

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When I put out a record or single I don’t allow myself to set up expectations like, ‘This song must be a number one hit. Its got to sell X amount of records.’

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I still love making records, and I’m able to do it because I own my own studio, and I try to do it as much as possible.

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Life doesn’t make any sense unless you can enjoy the journey, and sometimes I take that for granted.

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I can’t read sheet music, I have to just listen to it, and then just go for it.

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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.

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I had always sung in choirs. Even when it was something to be laughed at or made fun of, you know, in school. And I was always the kid who was picked at the Christmas concert to sing the solo, you know, while the other kids snickered in the front few rows.

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When you become a television personality, it’s difficult to maintain your musical credibility.

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There’s a beauty in being part of a band, when there’s equality and trust.

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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.

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I prefer to break new ground, but it gets harder and harder with the territory that’s already been walked on.

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If I was in a zombie apocalypse, I wouldn’t be playing music, because that would attract zombies.

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It’s the same as Keith Richards. People still ask him the same questions they asked him 30 years ago, even though he‘s a completely different person. And I’m a completely different person than I was 15 years ago.

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Lyrically, there’s a lot of songs that are influenced by my wife. They’re about my wife and I.

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Sing the song or keep it inside.

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I really didn’t get obsessed with Bowie until my freshman year in high school. I remember listening to ‘Starman’ and thinking it sounded like it was a song for kids, like a lullaby. The Thin White Duke is my favorite look that he created.

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My favorite hobby is writing and recording songs at my studio. I like to surf, but I don’t get a chance to do that as much as I’d like. I don’t live close to the beach. I also like to ski, but I don’t get to do that much, either.

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Well, a lot of successes come by mistake.

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I don’t want to stay on the road for the rest of my life. I have two kids.

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I played in Velvet Revolver, which is a raw, bombastic blues band with a punk rock edge to it. It’s like everything is based around the blues, no matter what the groove is.

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I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.

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It seems like everyone‘s got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories.

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Anytime I feel squeezed into a box, I just lash out. My gut reaction is to strike. It’s a different character onstage: there’s a whole dark sexuality that’s completely different from me. You know, I don’t let anybody know who I really am.

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I’m going to take care of myself because that’s what I need to take care of.

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I really have paid no attention to social media. It’s never been something that I’ve done. There are people that put up tour dates and basically say what’s going on, but I need to get more involved, because I hear about rumors that are absolutely ridiculous.

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Eventually I want to subsidize my income with other creative outlets that are going to not keep me tied to the road so much.

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I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they’re not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them.

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We’re only as big as our experiences.

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You have to spend a lot more time on the road these days if you want to make a living with music.

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As horrible as jail was, there were some first-rate guys in there.

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I used to just write about my own apathy, but that youthful, apathetic way of looking at things grew thin as I got older.

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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.

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My family is the most beautiful thing in my life beyond anything else, even music.

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Dead fish don’t swim around in jealous tides.

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People read things on Google, and they have these perceptions, these misconceived perceptions of who you are. At times that hurts, because they really don’t know who I am.

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I sang in choir as a kid.

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To be a great band it’s like you have that telepathy. You know when the bass player‘s in back of you without even looking. You know when your guitar player‘s coming up to you to lean up to you and sing into your microphone. You just know these things. You feel it. You feel the energy of it.

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When I was around nine years old, I was a fan of Shaun Cassidy’s first album.

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As I’ve gotten older and my life is a lot more stable, I’ve gotten more into storytelling.

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