Scott Weiland Quotes

I see love, like art, as an obsession. Maybe that's an overly romantic view of human existence, but I'm an overly romantic human being. If love, like rock and roll, doesn't consume me 24-7, it's not love. It can be respect, appreciation, admiration, wonderment, it can be a world of glory and a lifetime of peace, but I can't call it love. Love burns me and confuses me. Love's a light that can't be extinguished.

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.

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

You are only as big as your experiences.

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

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.

Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated.

Sing the song or keep it inside.

Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

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.

When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.

Well, a lot of successes come by mistake.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'd sell one of my songs for any car commercial in the world that paid enough money. But to stay in the Top Ten for weeks on end when I'm in my forties by letting Glen Ballard write songs for me? F**k that.

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.

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.

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

When I'm not completely loaded, it's a much more vulnerable place. I can feel the music, I can feel the energy and I really have to put it out there. When I was loaded, I was just oblivious.

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.