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" I can't read sheet music, I have to just listen to it, and then just go for it. "
Scott Weiland
Just
Music
Then
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" I listened to a lot of Bob Dylan songs to see how he works. I've gotten into writing story-songs. "
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" As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record. "
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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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Great
Know
" Lyrically, there's a lot of songs that are influenced by my wife. They're about my wife and I. "
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Wife
Songs
" The Beatles have always had a big effect on me. "
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Had
Effect
Big
" Not sure how I can be 'terminated' from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of their biggest hits. But that's something for the lawyers to figure out. "
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I Can
Lawyers
Something
" Well, a lot of successes come by mistake. "
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Mistake
Successes
Well
" 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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Songwriting
Music
Me
" There was a period of time where I really hated rock music. "
Scott Weiland
Music
Rock
Rock Music
" I'm going to take care of myself because that's what I need to take care of. "
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Care
Need
Take Care
" 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. "
Scott Weiland
Today
You
Experience
" When you become a television personality, it's difficult to maintain your musical credibility. "
Scott Weiland
Television
You
Difficult
" As horrible as jail was, there were some first-rate guys in there. "
Scott Weiland
Jail
Some
Guys
" Electric red hair is more for, like, people in their 20s and early 30s. "
Scott Weiland
Like
More
People
" I've seen guys on the street who look the part of a rock star just as much as any rock star. If you feel it and you believe it, then you can get away with it. Rock on! "
Scott Weiland
You
Feel
Street
" For the most part, rock fans don't go and buy CDs any more, very rarely. It's pretty much about downloads and streaming. "
Scott Weiland
Rock
Most
Pretty
" 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
Time
Success
People
" I feel lucky to be alive. "
Scott Weiland
I Feel
Alive
Feel
" 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. "
Scott Weiland
School
Listening
Look
" 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. "
Scott Weiland
Person
Him
People
" You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion. "
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Know
How
Got
" It's like, hey, some people cook for a living, and some people milk cows. I write songs. "
Scott Weiland
Living
Some People
People
" Do I show up onstage late sometimes? That's something I could definitely work on. I'm human. "
Scott Weiland
Show
Up
Human
" 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. "
Scott Weiland
Society
Culture
Distance
" You can't be seen in your mid-40s wearing leather pants. No leather pants anymore. "
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You
Leather
Your
" When I formed the band and created the Wildabouts with my friends, we decided we wanted to make a band-sounding album, a rock-sounding album. I made two solo albums before that were more experimental albums, and I think that they didn't really resonate with my fan base because they were too out-there, too artsy. "
Scott Weiland
Think
Band
Friends
" I'm one of the luckiest people in the world that I was able to do what I fell in love with and be able to make a living doing it. "
Scott Weiland
People
World
Able
" I think to stay in one sound is a career killer. "
Scott Weiland
Career
Think
Stay
" Bowie's obviously my biggest influence. "
Scott Weiland
Bowie
Biggest
Obviously