Quotes By Scott Weiland

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

I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.

I can't read sheet music, I have to just listen to it, and then just go for it.

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.

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.

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.

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.

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

Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.

I had a period in my life in the '90s where I was definitely young, dumb, and full of even more dumb.

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

Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

Well, a lot of successes come by mistake.

Shoot the bad guys and I'll gladly sing a tune for you.

Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down.

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

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

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

You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion.

Music, as many people have said, is the universal language. Of course points are made which make you think about things, but ultimately it makes you feel. And that's why people remember more songs that have meant something during their life than films. They start to define periods in your life, and that's kind of the beauty of it.

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.

Eventually I want to subsidize my income with other creative outlets that are going to not keep me tied to the road so much.

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

When I put out a record or single I don't allow myself to set up expectations like, 'This song must be a number one hit. Its got to sell X amount of records.'

A lot of journalists like to suck up to celebrities, and then as soon as they're a safe distance away at their computers, they take shots. But that's the way society has become, especially in pop culture.

When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water. I like to ski, if I have the opportunity. But really, I like to go to my studio and write music that I want to write, where there's no pressure to come up with a hit single.

I want my ex-wife and children to be happy.

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.

It's incredibly stressful when the person you love is having a child.

I sang in choir as a kid.