People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they were saying, but how they said it.

Justin Bieber is a douche bag. Now that I have your attention, let's talk about cars.

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.

If you are too overwhelmed, then when you sit down and try to write something, it feels forced. There's nothing worse than forced music. I mean, this world has enough of that right now, where it's basically McDonald's making music. 'Everybody needs another hamburger and fries.' Here's a piece of crap that nobody's gonna care about it two years.

Do what you do and mean it every second of the day. If you don't, you're living someone else's life.

When Paris Hilton can top the bestsellers' lists, we are one more Connect Four move closer to Armageddon.

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.