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.
Growing up I used to love bands like Free and ELO and the Rolling Stones. When Robert Plant got in touch it made perfect sense to me.
Feelings such as loneliness, longing or love are sometimes hard to put into words; maybe that's why we all love music, because it resonates with something we can't share.
I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.
It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want to send off to college as soon as possible.
I'm still kinda old-school. We're twittering, and we're all twitterers. And we write tweets. The only thing I don't love is twits.
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.
I love songs because by nature they are concise; they sum up. I try to use as few words as possible. It's usually funnier that way, anyway.
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.
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.
I love what Alabama Shakes is doing - it's kind of like what grunge did to rock 'n' roll, they're doing to R&B.
The first time I toured the U.K. was in the early '90s with Billy Pilgrim, so I know how much the people there love music.
I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward.
Sometimes when I'm dancing and don't put in enough hairspray, I wind up looking like a... what's the animal with needles? Porcupine.
I'm an example of someone who never made it to university. I did have this dream to be a musician. I felt that this dream had an expiration date.
I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.
I live in a neighborhood where there's a lot of West Indian culture, so it's nice.
Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest.
I just want to thank all my fans for their loyalty and support-for coming out to the shows and buying the CDs.
Before 'Idol,' I was lost... Now, I've actually followed through with something. I am a better man for it!
People generally pay attention to what they already know about and what they care about.
