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" I'm a very lucky guy. I get to write music that I love, and lo and behold, people seem to really like it. I know how fortunate I am. "
Corey Taylor
Love
Lucky
Music
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" I'm kind of lucky in the fact that I can take something that's in my head and write it down, or I can listen to a piece of music that somebody else has written and try to tap into what the music's saying and just kind of follow that, you know. I mean, nine times out of 10, I'm just kind of following where the music takes me. "
Corey Taylor
Saying
Know
You
" I feel like I've got a novel in me somewhere, but that's something... I was just talking to a buddy of mine about it, who's a writer as well, and he's nearly done with his first novel, and it's taken him 11, 12 years to do it. And I can totally understand; it's a long process. "
Corey Taylor
Me
Process
Talking
" The people I respect the least are the ones that take themselves way too seriously. "
Corey Taylor
Seriously
Take
Way
" I've never tried to be anything but me. Even with Slipknot, where it can almost feel like a roll sometimes, it's still a part of who I am. It's a very strong and passionate part of who I am, and I'm lucky enough to have an audience that is really open to what I do. "
Corey Taylor
Strong
Enough
Feel
" I've had to really teach myself that when you're not feeling it, you shouldn't write anything down because you're going to end up coming back and re-writing it later. Whereas, if you write when you're feeling something, when you're really in the streak, then that's when you're going to get your best stuff. "
Corey Taylor
Feeling
Best
Myself
" People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they were saying, but how they said it. "
Corey Taylor
How
Influence
Me
" As iconic a band as Metallica has become, I think sometimes we forget just how raw they were in the beginning of their career, and to a 15-year-old kid like me, it was just shattering. I mean, it was beyond. "
Corey Taylor
Beginning
Think
Me
" So many people in the world would rather stay in a situation that's painful but familiar because they're comfortable with it. Not a lot of people have the strength or heart to realize when something's not good for them and to turn around and be alone. "
Corey Taylor
Good
Heart
Alone
" I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock songs, metal songs, heavy metal songs, really heavy songs... I love writing on an acoustic because I can hear what every string is doing; the vibrations haven't been combined in a collision of distortion or effects yet. "
Corey Taylor
Rock
Love
Doing
" To be honest, and this comes out of left field, but I would love to do something with Jay-Z or Eminem. I have no limitations when it comes to the stuff I want to do musically. So to be able to do something like that I think would be really, really cool. "
Corey Taylor
Think
Musically
Love
" I'm the guy that gets up at three in the morning to jot down an entire sheet of lyrics for something that won't be recorded for six months. You have to get it down when you can, because thoughts are fluid. "
Corey Taylor
Three
Up
You
" As a writer, as a lyricist, you're just trying to make sure that you're not repeating yourself. And that's a danger for a lot of people. So for me, I just try to keep taking corners and trying to find new paths. "
Corey Taylor
Paths
Me
You
" To me, it makes more sense to write different songs and to play different kinds of music and to find your own voice. But no matter what, get out and play for people. Get out and learn, and do everything that you can, you know? "
Corey Taylor
Know
Music
Me
" The biggest difference between me and other artists out there is that they'll put anything out to sell a record or sell a ticket. "
Corey Taylor
Anything
Me
Sell
" I have several books I can read over and over. With fiction, it's 'The Stand' by Stephen King, which is my favorite all time. I read that at least once a year, the version which has 100,000 extra words, which is like the director's cut and unabridged. I love the story. I love the social connotation to it. "
Corey Taylor
Story
Stand
Love
" The weird thing about metal fans is we're all so maladjusted in a lot of ways. We're individualistic and opinionated and severe in our personalities - sometimes we really turn each other off. A little bit of a metal fan goes a long way. "
Corey Taylor
Weird
Way
Turn
" Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the older bands do. It's a celebration, and a lot of people treat it like a commercial or a distraction. "
Corey Taylor
People
You
Art
" My biggest influences were 1980s punk and metal. Metallica were my biggest influence because they were good at everything - riffs, energy - but with such an ear for melody, it was hard not to get pulled into it and become a fanatic. "
Corey Taylor
Everything
Good
Ear
" I didn't have the worst childhood, but I didn't have the best, and when you grow up like that, you have certain limitations invariably stuck inside you. Slipknot was a way to work it out. "
Corey Taylor
Way
You
Grow
" You gotta remember: we're musicians... we're just crazy people who can't get along sometimes. I've definitely come to the table with my knife in my pocket a couple of times; you know how it is. It's part of being human. Now add fame and money and all that rock and roll craziness to it - we're lucky we don't eat each other in this industry! "
Corey Taylor
You
People
Crazy
" I've always gravitated towards those ultimate lines in songs, the line you grab on to. That line in 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' 'Here we are now/Entertain us' - the irony, the antagonism; that's always stuck with me. "
Corey Taylor
Spirit
You
Teen
" There's times when I'm cleaning the kitchen, and while I'm doing that, I'm singing and air guitaring with a broom to 'You Should Be Dancing.' "
Corey Taylor
Dancing
You
Singing
" Some of the smartest people I know are metal fans. "
Corey Taylor
Fans
Know
Metal
" Do what you do and mean it every second of the day. If you don't, you're living someone else's life. "
Corey Taylor
Life
You
Someone
" You don't break ground by doing the same thing over and over and over. That's like standing in place. You have to risk to gain it all. "
Corey Taylor
You
Over
Place
" My grandmother is a huge Hawkeyes fan, so I, by proxy, have to be one. I'm more of a professional sports fan, and I've never been a huge college fan, but because of my grandmother, I've gotten into a lot of really good Hawkeye games. So, because I'm a good grandson, I'm a Hawkeye fan. "
Corey Taylor
Sports
College
Fan
" I'm not gonna do the same, tired, standard 'I was born in a log cabin...' kind of book. There's so much more I want to do. "
Corey Taylor
Born
Book
Want
" Too many people chase dreams that they don't understand. Too many people try to go for things that they'd like to do, but they're not realistic enough to know they don't have the talent. "
Corey Taylor
People
Dreams
Enough
" Slipknot is the darkness; Stone Sour is the light. Slipknot is chaos; Stone Sour is structure. "
Corey Taylor
Chaos
Stone
Structure
" The first year I was sober was probably the worst year of my life. My immune system was screwed. I completely isolated myself. I was weak all the time. I didn't know who I was. "
Corey Taylor
Sober
Myself
My Life