Corey Taylor Quotes - Page 5

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• I'm living on coffee, cigarettes and hospitality food. My bags and things are all over this hotel room in Dallas, but the scene could easily be in London, Paris, New York of LA. My eyes are burning, my knees hurt and I hate to say it, but a certain and vital part of my nether region is beginning to smell like peanut butter. Welcome to life on tour.

  Corey Taylor

  Hurt, New York, Hate

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• 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.

  Corey Taylor

  Memorable, Writing, Night

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• Popular thought appeals to crowds, gatherings and tribes, who use it as a way to guide the herd. It is very evident in protests - sometimes the very people doing the protesting have NO IDEA what they are talking about.

  Corey Taylor

  Memorable, Talking, Ideas

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• I'm a very lucky guy. I get to write music that I love, and lo and behold, people seem to really like it. I know how fortunate I am.

  Corey Taylor

  Writing, People, Guy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The first year I was sober was probably the worst year of my life. My immune system was screwed. I completely isolated myself. I was weak all the time. I didn't know who I was.

  Corey Taylor

  Years, Firsts, Sober

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I don't feel guilty about the music I love. If you feel guilty about something you dig, then you should stop feeling guilty about it. One of my favorite albums to this day is the 10th anniversary ensemble cast of 'Les Miserables,' the ultimate cast recording, and it is still something I love listening to top to bottom.

  Corey Taylor

  Feelings, Listening, Albums

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Everyone knows Spiderman is my favorite superhero of all time. My favorite supervillain? George W. Bush.

  Corey Taylor

  Superhero, My Favorite, All Time

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• To me, it makes more sense to write different songs and to play different kinds of music and to find your own voice. But no matter what, get out and play for people. Get out and learn, and do everything that you can, you know?

  Corey Taylor

  Song, Writing, Play

  "Government and Go-Go : Conversations with Stone Sour and Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, and Chuck Brown". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 17, 2010.

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• My biggest influences were 1980s punk and metal. Metallica were my biggest influence because they were good at everything - riffs, energy - but with such an ear for melody, it was hard not to get pulled into it and become a fanatic.

  Corey Taylor

  Energy, Ears, Influence

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A song is only as strong as its foundation, and when it comes so naturally in any setting, those are the songs that will hopefully outlive you, maybe even outlive the next generation of You.

  Corey Taylor

  Song, Strong, Foundation

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I will always make music with Stone Sour. Stone Sour will always be here.

  Corey Taylor

  Stones, Sour, Stone Sour

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I started to find that music was something that really brought a lot of joy into my life, and it was sort of cool because I discovered that I had a gift for it, too. So the stuff I would listen to I could play along, I could sing along.

  Corey Taylor

  Play, Joy, Stuff

  Source: bloody-disgusting.com

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• As a writer, as a lyricist, you're just trying to make sure that you're not repeating yourself. And that's a danger for a lot of people. So for me, I just try to keep taking corners and trying to find new paths.

  Corey Taylor

  People, Trying, Path

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Corey Taylor

  Eye, California, Brando

  "Song: "Eyeless"". 1999.

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• I'm the guy that gets up at three in the morning to jot down an entire sheet of lyrics for something that won't be recorded for six months. You have to get it down when you can, because thoughts are fluid.

  Corey Taylor

  Morning, Guy, Three

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm a Gibson guy. I play anything from Hummingbirds to J200s.

  Corey Taylor

  Play, Guy, Hummingbirds

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Corey Taylor

  Song, Dark, Soul

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The first time I can remember being on a stage in front of an audience was one that came with triumph, adrenaline and a childlike tragedy. The first time I was on a stage, it wasn't even a music concert. It was a magic show. That being said, the life I lead now isn't what you would call 'destiny'.

  Corey Taylor

  Memorable, Destiny, Magic

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

  Corey Taylor

  Stones, Kind, Sour

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• The fact that the public are mesmerised by Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and all these miserable people makes me laugh because those celebrities are more miserable than the people reading about them for escapism.

  Corey Taylor

  Reading, People, Laughing

  "60 Seconds: Corey Taylor". "Metro" Interview, metro.co.uk. March 7, 2007.

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