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" The Beatles have always had a big effect on me. "
Scott Weiland
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" 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. "
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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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Hands
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" There was a period when STP and I weren't making music - we weren't getting along very good at all. But I had my studio, so I was writing and recording a lot of music. But something told me not to put it out. It was all stream of consciousness; it was clever, but it didn't really have substance. "
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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 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. "
Scott Weiland
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" There was a period of time where I really hated rock music. "
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Rock
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" In my creative life, David Bowie is definitely an enormous influence on me, being one of rock's greatest shapeshifters. "
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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. "
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Time
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" It's incredibly stressful when the person you love is having a child. "
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Child
" 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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Song
Single
" Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated. "
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Everyone
Easy
" If I was in a zombie apocalypse, I wouldn't be playing music, because that would attract zombies. "
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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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" Not many people are able to say that they had in their professional career the chance to perform in two bands that won Grammys and were multiplatinum bands. "
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People
Chance
Professional
" Electric red hair is more for, like, people in their 20s and early 30s. "
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" 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. "
Scott Weiland
I Am
Life
People
" I think to stay in one sound is a career killer. "
Scott Weiland
Career
Think
Stay
" Shoot the bad guys and I'll gladly sing a tune for you. "
Scott Weiland
You
Tune
Sing
" 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. "
Scott Weiland
Life
My Life
Think
" It seems like everyone's got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories. "
Scott Weiland
Got
Air
Time
" Processed pig is white trash meat. Some people call it Spam. "
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Trash
White
People
" I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish. "
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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. "
Scott Weiland
Fun
You
Christmas
" 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! "
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You
Feel
Street
" As horrible as jail was, there were some first-rate guys in there. "
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Jail
Some
Guys
" 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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He
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" 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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Someone
" Bowie's obviously my biggest influence. "
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Bowie
Biggest
Obviously
" I was just a kid in 1987 when I heard of the Pixies, the year after I graduated high school. But I had my band together, and my best friend at the time, Corey Hickock, who was the guitar player in the band that would become STP, Mighty Joe Young, turned me on to the Pixies. "
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Best Friend
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Friend
" 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. "
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