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.

I left Stone Sour in '97 because, by that time, we'd been together for about five years and I was kind of getting to the point where I wanted to do something different. I loved the music that we did and I loved the guys that I was with, but I was 24 and just felt like I needed to go and try something different so I didn't get stuck where I was, you know, just doing the same thing. And, coincidentally, that's when Slipknot came and asked me to join. I'd never done anything like Slipknot up until then, so I was like, "Okay, we'll try this and we'll see what happens." And it worked out.

You have to get to the next level, or you're gonna get stuck where you are for the rest of your life.

She has BIG feet! Oh my god, have you seen Sandra Bullocks feet? They're like the size of rulers!

I think you're always gonna have half the generation that's lazy. But I think it makes the other half work that much harder.

Before you tell yourself its a different scene remember its just different from what you've seen.

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