36 Corey Taylor Quotes for You to Enjoy

Corey Taylor

American Musician

Born: Dec 8, 1973

Love Me Music People Time You

Related authors: Bob Dylan Dolly Parton Frank Sinatra Juice Wrld Kanye West Lil Peep Nipsey Hussle YoungBoy Never Broke Again

I've seen everything from 'Wicked' to 'The Book Of Mormon,' and I don't make any bones of the fact that I love both. But 'Les Mis' is not only my favorite musical, but it's also my favorite story. I love the book, which I read as a kid, and I identified so much with Jean Valjean. Corey Taylor

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke - the fact that Madonna is in before Rush and Kiss. Those two bands have influenced so many groups and people other than in metal. Corey Taylor

The people I respect the least are the ones that take themselves way too seriously. Corey Taylor

Respect People Seriously Too Way Take Least Themselves

'The Blair Witch Project' is great for motion sickness. The first time you see it, it is extremely creepy. The first time I saw it, I saw it on a bootleg tape on a tour bus before it had even come out. It was one of the first movies I'd seen like that. I didn't even realize it was a damn movie! Corey Taylor

Time Great You Sickness Seen First Before Damn Project Saw Extremely Out Bootleg See Blair Tour Tour Bus Had Come Like Witch First Time Motion Tape Movie Movies Bus Realize Even Creepy

I'm the guy that gets up at three in the morning to jot down an entire sheet of lyrics for something that won't be recorded for six months. You have to get it down when you can, because thoughts are fluid. Corey Taylor

Morning Thoughts You Fluid Three Down Lyrics Months Entire Something Guy Recorded Jot Sheet Because Up Get Gets Six

The weird thing about metal fans is we're all so maladjusted in a lot of ways. We're individualistic and opinionated and severe in our personalities - sometimes we really turn each other off. A little bit of a metal fan goes a long way. Corey Taylor

Sometimes Fans Long Other Our Way Bit Severe Ways About Individualistic Long Way Weird Weird Thing Metal Opinionated Lot Off Goes Fan Little Personalities Little Bit Turn Really Each Thing

I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock songs, metal songs, heavy metal songs, really heavy songs... I love writing on an acoustic because I can hear what every string is doing; the vibrations haven't been combined in a collision of distortion or effects yet. Corey Taylor

Love Heavy Metal Writing Guitar Every String Distortion Collision Write Songs Almost Almost All Combined Because Metal Rock Doing Hear Been Effects Vibrations Heavy Acoustic Acoustic Guitar Turn Really Hard Hard Rock Even

With 'Seven Deadly Sins,' there was a lot of personal stuff in there that I didn't even realize I'd been carrying around for awhile. And a lot of guilt involved, a lot of emotion, a lot of depression. Once I was done writing that book, I was able to really let go of that stuff. Corey Taylor

Depression Book Writing Guilt Seven Once Carrying Able Emotion Stuff Involved Deadly Around Go Been Lot Sins Personal Done Personal Stuff Realize Really Even Let Go Awhile

Some of the smartest people I know are metal fans. Corey Taylor

People Fans Some Smartest Know Metal

I'm kind of lucky in the fact that I can take something that's in my head and write it down, or I can listen to a piece of music that somebody else has written and try to tap into what the music's saying and just kind of follow that, you know. I mean, nine times out of 10, I'm just kind of following where the music takes me. Corey Taylor

Music Saying Me You Try Somebody Down Else Nine Out Kind Follow Following Something Fact Write Take Written Head Takes Know Piece Tap Times Listen Just Where Just Kind Mean Lucky

I am the kind of guy who has never taken myself too seriously. I mean, I am very serious about what I do; I'm very serious about the creative process and everything, but at the end of the day, I am just another lucky geek who got to live out a dream, you know? Corey Taylor

Myself Day You Creative End Of The Day Creative Process Seriously Live Too Everything Out Kind Dream Geek About Guy Never Taken Know Another Got Am End Very Just Process Mean Who Lucky Serious

Everyone one-on-one will be completely honest about the music that they listen to. But then you get into a group situation, and then it's the cool/uncool debate. I have really done my very best to reinforce the very fact that your heart knows better than your head does what you like when it comes to music and what not. Corey Taylor

Music Best You Heart Better Debate Will Situation Group Everyone One-On-One About Fact Head Like Knows Does Very Than Get Done Listen Then Really Your Reinforce Honest

My biggest influences were 1980s punk and metal. Metallica were my biggest influence because they were good at everything - riffs, energy - but with such an ear for melody, it was hard not to get pulled into it and become a fanatic. Corey Taylor

I got into Dio when I was still quite young. I remember seeing the video for 'Rainbow In The Dark' on MTV. That was my first taste of Dio. It wasn't until years later that I realized he had this whole career with Rainbow and Black Sabbath and even going back to Elf. When I saw that video, it instantly became one of my favorite songs. Corey Taylor

Dark Remember Black First Young Back Later Saw Favorite Seeing Black Sabbath Sabbath Had Songs He Instantly Until Became Got Still Years Taste Going Quite Video Realized Whole Even Elf Rainbow Career

I do definitely believe that there is life away from this planet. I mean, we've kind of established that with the fact that we found bacteria on meteorites, and we've kind of used that to backtrack and show how this Earth, this planet, could have formed the ability to sustain life in the first place. Corey Taylor

I didn't have the worst childhood, but I didn't have the best, and when you grow up like that, you have certain limitations invariably stuck inside you. Slipknot was a way to work it out. Corey Taylor

Work Best You Way Worst Out Inside Invariably Stuck Like Limitations Up Childhood Certain Grow Grow Up

There's such a huge difference between a great arrangement of riffs and a song. Sometimes the two can be the same. But the difference is a song doesn't necessarily need a riff, whereas a riff doesn't necessarily mean you've got a good song on your hands. Corey Taylor

I was a Marvel kid, and I would have to say that Spiderman is my all-time favorite character. As I got older, my tastes developed a little bit more, and I would follow certain writers; like, I really got into Grant Morrison. From the time I was 5, I was into comic books. From the time I learned how to read, it was all about comic books. Corey Taylor

Time Character Older Books Say Bit Kid Favorite Spiderman Would Follow All-Time About More Marvel Writers Developed Like Read Learned Comic Got How Comic Books Tastes Little Little Bit Really Certain Grant

As iconic a band as Metallica has become, I think sometimes we forget just how raw they were in the beginning of their career, and to a 15-year-old kid like me, it was just shattering. I mean, it was beyond. Corey Taylor

I have a really good idea for a novel and would like to just kind of try my hand at fiction. I'm starting to kind of get a really good body of work going from a literary standpoint. As long as the audience is there, man, I'll keep cranking them out. Corey Taylor

Work Good Man Try Long Out Kind Would Idea Like Audience Hand Get Going Just Cranking Fiction Just Kind Literary Them Really Body Standpoint Novel Keep Starting Good Idea

Corey Taylor Quotes

No more Corey Taylor quotes