I didn't write my speech until the night before, and even then I refused to write it out like I would say it, preferring to keep cribbed notes I could come back to if necessary. I wanted this to feel like a conversation because it was what I wanted to say that mattered, not how it looked on paper.

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

I want you to understand something: I am loving father who would do anything for his kids, whether they are mine or belonging to others in my family.

The '90s were indeed a great time to be alive. There was a sense of optimism that I never felt before that decade and I haven't felt since.

You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes.

But I always kind of knew in the back of my head that I could come back and do Stone Sour.

I mean come on. Do you know how easy it is to be famous these days? Do you have any idea? The web has made it plausible to have your very own platform to stand and spew nonsense from on an hourly basis. There's an old saying: when everyone is special, no one will be. These days, everybody thinks they're special, so no one really does anything to be special anymore.