It's one giant Bowflex commercial covered in booze vomit.

I want karma to drive stakes into the dark hearts that keep me bitter.

I grew up poor in crappy situations various crappy situations. What kept me sane was reading and music. I had so many different literary tastes growing up, be it fiction like Stephen King or Piers Anthony or non-fiction like reading Hunter S. Thompson essays or reading the Beats. I was a huge fan of the Beat movement.

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.

You ever want to feel powerless? Watch the people you care about being hurt and know there is nothing you can do about it.

There is one statement I want you to keep after you are finished with this book. It is more of a mantra, really. Nonetheless, let it crawl across your mind any time you feel you have been backed into a corner spiritually. It is very simple: Live your life, no matter what life is. Take that with you. Live your life. No matter what that life is.

As much as I love Slipknot, I don't want that to carry over into what I do for Stone Sour. I want both bands to stand on their own.