The best friends you will ever have are the ones who don't make you feel like you owe them a damn thing.

I still harbor lingering doubts about most people. I guess I always will.

When I'm working on a Slipknot song, it's like a switch flips in my head. I can go there easily - it doesn't take a lot of soul searching - and it's a dark, almost sinister place. Stone Sour is more the way I've always written. It's a different tone.

Life is not that simple. That is why it is called life. That word includes both lie and if. Time to figure out which side of the "half" fence you are on: Does your life include a lie or just one big if? There is nothing wrong with either to be honest, but it will make your Sundays longer.

I love the fact that people can relate to what I'm saying, even if it's not for the same subject I was writing about. That is the power of real music and real expression.

I think of how and where all the horrible people I've come across in my life ended up, and I smile.

You ever tasted a smell? It's a very strange feeling. I've done it quite a few times and it still freaks me out.