If you're asking me have I purchased a CD, a DVD or downloaded a current artist? The answer is no.

I think as a human being, if you can do something to impact someone's life, that's about the greatest accomplishment you can have.

A band is like a family. There's love and hate.

Have pride and entertainment. I think that a lot bands just don't know how to do it anymore or they lost interest in it or don't care and are just cashing a paycheck.

Music crosses cultures and language barriers and it makes people feel good.

Music is a potent energy force.

Just ask yourself what record you played over and over again when you were depressed or what record made you really happy? Those will never change and you should never be embarrassed by it.

People tend to forget that we tie our life history to music like the soundtrack to your life in many more ways than just having a hit record on the radio.

I'm a blues guy and I listen to blues all the time and blues is timeless.

The longer you live, the longer you hear the repetitiveness of things. So, it's hard to get excited about new stuff.

You can create art that makes people feel better.

I dream of a world where Science shapes the structure of a society, rather than politics.

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

When I was little, I'd pick flowers wherever I traveled with my mom, then dry them, cover them with resin, and turn them into paperweights.

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

If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don't have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I'm a little more respectful of ants.

I know that I'm very lucky to be alive. For 35 or 40 years I've spilt my blood and broke my bones and spent years in hospitals.

How exciting is it to come to work if the best you can do is trounce some other company that does roughly the same thing?

The third guy was different. He was what you got when you ate squirrels for four generations. Smarter than a rat and tougher than a goat, and jumpier than either one.

You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences.

Being a rockstar is the intersection of who you are and who you want to be.