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" Any time you're stepping out on a limb as an artist, it's scary, especially when you have a lot of success. When you're reaching a lot of people, the masses, it's easy to stay in that niche, you know? Especially when you're making a lot of money and you know there's a formula, it's easy to stay in that rut. "

Scott Weiland

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People

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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. "

" 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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" You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion. "

" I feel lucky to be alive. "

" Who you are as a person has to do with what you think and how you feel. It has to do with how you love and how you care for people. "

" Every single thing I've done has made me who I am today. The only thing I would take back is hurting the people that I love, and the people who I love have already read my lyrics and heard my apologies. But the rest of the world, I don't need to apologize to them. My life doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the world. "

" 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. "

" I'm beyond the point of thinking I'm powerful enough to solve my own problems. "

" Do I show up onstage late sometimes? That's something I could definitely work on. I'm human. "

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Show

Human

" Processed pig is white trash meat. Some people call it Spam. "

" 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. "

" Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush. "

" 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. "

" It's a horrible thing to have someone pretend like they know what you're about and call you a fraud when they haven't given you a fair shot. "

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Fair

Someone

" 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. "

Scott Weiland

Love

You

" We're only as big as our experiences. "

" I was on the pro-Nirvana, anti-Pearl Jam bandwagon. "

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Bandwagon

Jam

" One thing that has really influenced me with Bowie where I've taken an approach from him is how he changes from album to album and has always modified his sound and his appearance. I think that's an important thing. "

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Changes

Always

" 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.' "

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

" When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water. I like to ski, if I have the opportunity. But really, I like to go to my studio and write music that I want to write, where there's no pressure to come up with a hit single. "

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Water

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

" It's like, hey, some people cook for a living, and some people milk cows. I write songs. "

" A lot of journalists like to suck up to celebrities, and then as soon as they're a safe distance away at their computers, they take shots. But that's the way society has become, especially in pop culture. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "