Best Scott Weiland Quotes

#1. The great thing about kids is the immediate gratification. As soon as I get home from touring, my wife and kids become my life. There is nothing sweeter.

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#2. I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while I go through manic episodes and really depressed episodes.

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#3. It seems like everyone's got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories.

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#4. One thing that has really influenced me with Bowie where I've taken an approach from him is how he changes from album to album and has always modified his sound and his appearance. I think that's an important thing.

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#5. There was a period when STP and I weren't making music - we weren't getting along very good at all. But I had my studio, so I was writing and recording a lot of music. But something told me not to put it out. It was all stream of consciousness; it was clever, but it didn't really have substance.

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#6. I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.

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#7. To be appreciated by a whole 'nother generation of fans, all of a sudden discovering you, it's kind of what I did with the classic bands I love - the ones that influenced me.

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#8. As horrible as jail was, there were some first-rate guys in there.

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#9. To be a great band it's like you have that telepathy. You know when the bass player's in back of you without even looking. You know when your guitar player's coming up to you to lean up to you and sing into your microphone. You just know these things. You feel it. You feel the energy of it.

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#10. Rock and roll doesn't allow you to grow up - especially if you're not trying very hard to.

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#11. Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

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#12. But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself.

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#13. It doesn't matter what kind of problems a family is having; it should always stay in the family.

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#14. It's a horrible thing to have someone pretend like they know what you're about and call you a fraud when they haven't given you a fair shot.

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#15. I think to stay in one sound is a career killer.

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#16. I was just a kid in 1987 when I heard of the Pixies, the year after I graduated high school. But I had my band together, and my best friend at the time, Corey Hickock, who was the guitar player in the band that would become STP, Mighty Joe Young, turned me on to the Pixies.

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#17. The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.

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#18. Electric red hair is more for, like, people in their 20s and early 30s.

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#19. When you're in love, you've found your soul mate, you think life is going one way, and suddenly it's completely apparent it's not. You have to rethink your whole purpose.

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#20. I was on the pro-Nirvana, anti-Pearl Jam bandwagon.

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#21. I still love making records, and I'm able to do it because I own my own studio, and I try to do it as much as possible.

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#22. As I've gotten older and my life is a lot more stable, I've gotten more into storytelling.

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#23. I'm going to take care of myself because that's what I need to take care of.

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#24. I really have paid no attention to social media. It's never been something that I've done. There are people that put up tour dates and basically say what's going on, but I need to get more involved, because I hear about rumors that are absolutely ridiculous.

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#25. My favorite hobby is writing and recording songs at my studio. I like to surf, but I don't get a chance to do that as much as I'd like. I don't live close to the beach. I also like to ski, but I don't get to do that much, either.

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#26. You are only as big as your experiences.

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#27. Processed pig is white trash meat. Some people call it Spam.

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#28. I'm one of the luckiest people in the world that I was able to do what I fell in love with and be able to make a living doing it.

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#29. I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they're not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them.

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#30. Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.

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#31. Do I show up onstage late sometimes? That's something I could definitely work on. I'm human.

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#32. There was a period of time where I really hated rock music.

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#33. It's a beautiful thing to be that committed to something that you get so much joy from, but it is like a sick addiction, because sometimes it's incredibly volatile, incredibly painful, and very frustrating. A man shouldn't be defined by his work, but I am.

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#34. Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.

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