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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 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. "

Scott Weiland

Suffer

Chosen

" For the most part, rock fans don't go and buy CDs any more, very rarely. It's pretty much about downloads and streaming. "

" It's incredibly stressful when the person you love is having a child. "

" I like wearing fitted jackets mixed with jeans, a button-down shirt and a tie. I like to keep the rock and roll feel but class it up a bit. As far as stage clothes, I prefer John Varvatos and All Saints. They have clothing that is really accessible for wearing every day as well as for wearing on stage. I also love J. Lindeberg's suits. "

" 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. "

Scott Weiland

Songwriting

Music

" Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides. "

" The Beatles have always had a big effect on me. "

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

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

Scott Weiland

People

" 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. "

" I listened to a lot of Bob Dylan songs to see how he works. I've gotten into writing story-songs. "

Scott Weiland

Writing

Songs

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" In my creative life, David Bowie is definitely an enormous influence on me, being one of rock's greatest shapeshifters. "

Scott Weiland

Creative

Influence

" Bowie's obviously my biggest influence. "

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

" Well, a lot of successes come by mistake. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Shoot the bad guys and I'll gladly sing a tune for you. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" I sang in choir as a kid. "

" 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. "

Scott Weiland

Fair

Someone

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