As a son of a man who pretended to be one thing for 33 years of my life and then was another thing, the questions of 'what is real' and 'what is not real' are very blurrily vivid to me.
I was into acting as a kid. There was a time when I was 18 that I played the boy in a production of 'Equus' in Oregon, and I thought that was going to be my life.
One of my life philosophies is that you have a choice to make when you're doing something creative. You can be cheesy... or you can be lame.
I'm not making films for middle aged journalists, who are mostly men. I make films that hopefully entertain people, where they can learn something about life.
I don't talk about my personal life. But the relationships I've had have usually been with other musicians. It's just easier that way.
I'm not sure if you can blame everything on the American way of life, but the United States are big. So, if you have a lot of people there, the percentage of stupid people is bound to be higher.
You may be pulling from different influences because of different things that are going on in your life, different people that are around you and more experiences to pull from.
That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black and it's white. There's no in-between.
Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn.
I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.
Sometimes with pop music, you have to see it to love it. With soul music, it's sparse. There's nothing that's pretentious or planned. It's just so gutsy.
I wrote 'Oath' for Cher Lloyd because there were really no best-friend anthems out there. Not only did she love it, she wanted me to rap on it, too!
I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a small part. And I would like to act in television, to do comedy and drama.
I applaud anyone who wants to take on the load that comes with being President of the United States. You really have to love your country to place yourself in that position.
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.
People ask about love. Real love. I was never in love; the people around me didn't love me. They were just along for the ride.
I've learned how to look at things and not judge them, but respect them and use it in a way that people understand that I respect them, show them love and respect their reality.
I work hard to let my wife know how much I love her. I try to do that every day.
I love that there's this tradition of being able to discuss the heaviest topics and the gnarliest stuff that goes down in people's lives in traditional Southern American music.
Yeah, touring can get rough some times and draining, but I always have to pinch myself and realize that I'm doing what I love.
I love the idea of a record containing an entire universe; where the sounds span decades of recording from all over the world and all sorts of different sources.
