Joey Jordison
Man, failure was not an option whatsoever, 'cause I'm here to play music - that's what I've been put on earth for.Collection: Failure
I got 'Reign In Blood' for Easter one year - how ironic is that?Collection: Easter
Every day is a good day above ground, and especially being able to play metal and being able to your craft and everything. You've gotta respect that, because it's something that can be taken away from you really quick.Collection: Respect
The communication within Sinsaenum is really, really cool. As extreme as the music is, you might not realize how much we respect each other and how much we coach each other and how well we communicate.Collection: Communication
When you have the power of music within your soul and your heart, nothing can stop you.Collection: Music
What better to get all the anger and stuff out for what I do in Slipknot than to play the drums? You're punching everything, really fast, concentrated.Collection: Anger
I think that no matter how old you get, you are always learning about yourself.Collection: Learning
You can't give up in life. You just can't do it, no matter what it is that is going on.
You can't think about what other people think. You just can't. It's stupid. You've got to look inside yourself.
Every day, I look at life different; I don't take things for granted.
Playing drums, for me, is like breathing. It's like thinking. It's like eating. It's like walking.
The heart bleeds music no matter what, and it bleeds different types of music.
Playing drums is how I communicate. It's how I speak to people. That's my God-given gift.
The power of music, and the power of your determination in life, especially when you're playing extreme metal like this... it just conquers. It conquers everything.
I'm just as much into Emperor as I am Alice Cooper.
'My Swan Song' - that song is so depressing but uplifting at the same time, you know what I mean?
I suffered from asthma when I was a kid.
I want to get out as much art as I can while I'm here, and I seem to get better the more that I do it.
When everyone tells you, 'No, no, no,' your creative forces get a little twisted and turn into something more apocalyptic than ever.
Life takes you down weird paths.
One of the things I love about this job is meeting different people.
Slipknot is my baby. It is my life. It means everything. Everything I do means the world to me, but when it comes down to it, Slipknot... that's my blood.
If you only play metal, it's going to be very apparent that you're a one-dimensional drummer.
Any kind of idea of fame - that has been shelved.
The mask is a pain thing. It's clammy, and your body is moving all over, and you're locked into this thing, and you can't get out.
My advice always is to start very simple and master your timing and master the most simple beats that you can, and you just keep elevating from that. Trying to go right into playing fast is not necessarily the best way to go about it, because if you don't have your foundation locked in, it's hard to progress.
Without Metallica, I wouldn't play the way that I do.
Slipknot's music is very technical and intense, and it's not easy to play, but that's what makes it special. What's so gratifying about playing a show that is that intense is when you get off the stage, and you know you really delivered at the top of your ability and performance; that is what makes it all worthwhile.
I've been into 3IOB since 'Battle Cry Under a Winter's Sun.' I've wanted to work with them since.
I pretty much use the same stuff live that I use in the studio. I don't like the feel to change too much.
I've been using Pearl for so long, ever since I was a kid. Same thing with Paiste. They have both taken such great care of me, and I can't thank them enough.
You meet people, and you realize that you can never judge a book by its cover.
No matter what comes your way, being a musician, you will never, ever learn to play it all.
There was a time when I was beat down, and I lost my way.
I have a ton of Slipknot demos that I have at home. Maybe some day they'll surface; maybe they'll never be heard, but I don't translate them to any other band: they still stay in the Slipknot safe. I won't use them for anyone else besides Slipknot, if that ever happens again.
I play guitar all the time, and I'm constantly thinking of songs... Every time I pick up a guitar, I come up with different riffs, all different bands I've been in. Sometimes there is a song or riff that could only belong with Slipknot, and I just can't use it for anything else, regardless of whatever happened.
I got really, really sick with a horrible disease called transverse myelitis; I lost my legs. I couldn't play anymore. It was a form of multiple sclerosis, which I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
I lie more with drums and the more heavy and darker aspects of music.
The simplest beats, on what rock music or any music has been formed on, can be the toughest beats to execute and perform, because it's really easy to not respect a simple 4/4 beat, because people always want to play fast.
With me, I would never lose my sight of music.
What's cool about making music is when you create a record, it comes from somewhere.
Without Slipknot, I would not necessarily be where I am today.
I saw Kiss on 'The Dick Clark Show' in, like, 1980 or something, and 'Kiss Alive!' was the first record of theirs I had.
What made me want to play drums in the first place was Led Zeppelin and The Who. My parents had their records, and I grew up listening to them with the stereo cranked.
Without Metallica, we wouldn't have a lot of the bands that we have now.
'Master of Reality' rules; it's one of my favorite records of all time. It has some of the most evil riffs on it - and some of the sexiest riffs as well.
The doctors said I might not be able to walk again. Today, I can almost run, but back then, I couldn't even stand up. I was bed-ridden. If I wanted to turn over in bed, I had to move my legs with my hands. I was in and out of the hospital for months.
I'm writing music that people can grasp and hold on to... something that resonates. If you don't have that, then you have nothing.
I wasn't worried about flash or persona... It's all about writing a good, solid song.
I'd been working on new Slipknot material since the end of the 'All Hope Is Gone' tour cycle, but I ended up with so much stuff, I had to take a step back and stop working on it.