Scott Weiland
I had always sung in choirs. Even when it was something to be laughed at or made fun of, you know, in school. And I was always the kid who was picked at the Christmas concert to sing the solo, you know, while the other kids snickered in the front few rows.Collection: Christmas
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.Collection: Computers
Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated.Collection: Computers
There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust.Collection: Equality
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.Collection: Experience
My family is the most beautiful thing in my life beyond anything else, even music.Collection: Family
People read things on Google, and they have these perceptions, these misconceived perceptions of who you are. At times that hurts, because they really don't know who I am.
Do I show up onstage late sometimes? That's something I could definitely work on. I'm human.
When bands got really big and sold a lot of records back in the day and did really well on the road, everyone developed a certain ego. And there's a certain entitlement that comes with that. And it stops people from communicating the way you used to communicate when you were in a band together and it was all for one, one for all.
I don't want to stay on the road for the rest of my life. I have two kids.
When I formed the band and created the Wildabouts with my friends, we decided we wanted to make a band-sounding album, a rock-sounding album. I made two solo albums before that were more experimental albums, and I think that they didn't really resonate with my fan base because they were too out-there, too artsy.
Lyrically, there's a lot of songs that are influenced by my wife. They're about my wife and I.
As I've gotten older and my life is a lot more stable, I've gotten more into storytelling.
One thing that has really influenced me with Bowie where I've taken an approach from him is how he changes from album to album and has always modified his sound and his appearance. I think that's an important thing.
Electric red hair is more for, like, people in their 20s and early 30s.
In my creative life, David Bowie is definitely an enormous influence on me, being one of rock's greatest shapeshifters.
For the most part, rock fans don't go and buy CDs any more, very rarely. It's pretty much about downloads and streaming.
You have to spend a lot more time on the road these days if you want to make a living with music.
I've seen guys on the street who look the part of a rock star just as much as any rock star. If you feel it and you believe it, then you can get away with it. Rock on!
My favorite hobby is writing and recording songs at my studio. I like to surf, but I don't get a chance to do that as much as I'd like. I don't live close to the beach. I also like to ski, but I don't get to do that much, either.
When you become a television personality, it's difficult to maintain your musical credibility.
I like wearing fitted jackets mixed with jeans, a button-down shirt and a tie. I like to keep the rock and roll feel but class it up a bit. As far as stage clothes, I prefer John Varvatos and All Saints. They have clothing that is really accessible for wearing every day as well as for wearing on stage. I also love J. Lindeberg's suits.
The Beatles have always had a big effect on me.
I'm beyond the point of thinking I'm powerful enough to solve my own problems.
We're only as big as our experiences.
It's a horrible thing to have someone pretend like they know what you're about and call you a fraud when they haven't given you a fair shot.
I still love making records, and I'm able to do it because I own my own studio, and I try to do it as much as possible.
I played in Velvet Revolver, which is a raw, bombastic blues band with a punk rock edge to it. It's like everything is based around the blues, no matter what the groove is.
Not many people are able to say that they had in their professional career the chance to perform in two bands that won Grammys and were multiplatinum bands.
I listened to a lot of Bob Dylan songs to see how he works. I've gotten into writing story-songs.
It's the same as Keith Richards. People still ask him the same questions they asked him 30 years ago, even though he's a completely different person. And I'm a completely different person than I was 15 years ago.
Life doesn't make any sense unless you can enjoy the journey, and sometimes I take that for granted.
I feel lucky to be alive.
It's like, hey, some people cook for a living, and some people milk cows. I write songs.
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.
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.
The great thing about kids is the immediate gratification. As soon as I get home from touring, my wife and kids become my life. There is nothing sweeter.
Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.
I'm one of the luckiest people in the world that I was able to do what I fell in love with and be able to make a living doing it.
Having children showed me a whole different kind of love that I had never known. It was something that had always been missing. Complete love. I would die for them.
Processed pig is white trash meat. Some people call it Spam.
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.'
I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.
You can't be seen in your mid-40s wearing leather pants. No leather pants anymore.
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.
Every single thing I've done has made me who I am today. The only thing I would take back is hurting the people that I love, and the people who I love have already read my lyrics and heard my apologies. But the rest of the world, I don't need to apologize to them. My life doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the world.
I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they're not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them.
I was on the pro-Nirvana, anti-Pearl Jam bandwagon.
Who you are as a person has to do with what you think and how you feel. It has to do with how you love and how you care for people.