I've been into 3IOB since 'Battle Cry Under a Winter's Sun.' I've wanted to work with them since.
— Joey Jordison
When everyone tells you, 'No, no, no,' your creative forces get a little twisted and turn into something more apocalyptic than ever.
Modifidious was my first real band.
When someone's in the hospital - be it a family member or anyone that has something wrong with them - if you love 'em, then you visit them.
I've got so much material; like, it feels as if every day I'm coming up with so many riffs.
Slipknot's not about who's in the band. It's a lifeblood. It's a force. It's about a connection between a bunch of people.
I wasn't worried about flash or persona... It's all about writing a good, solid song.
When you have the power of music within your soul and your heart, nothing can stop you.
Without Metallica, we wouldn't have a lot of the bands that we have now.
Without Slipknot, I would not necessarily be where I am today.
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.
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.
Without Metallica, I wouldn't play the way that I do.
You meet people, and you realize that you can never judge a book by its cover.
Playing drums is how I communicate. It's how I speak to people. That's my God-given gift.
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.
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.
Making the 'Sulfur' video continued our quest to make a video different and visually stimulating.
Without blood and pain, there is no Slipknot.
I didn't quit Slipknot. I would never have quit Slipknot, ever.
Man, failure was not an option whatsoever, 'cause I'm here to play music - that's what I've been put on earth for.
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.
How I found out is, I landed in Des Moines from a plane ride back from the Rob Zombie tour. I was, like, 'Okay, cool, I'm home. I can finally get some rest.' Once I landed, I turned my phone on, and my manager rang, and I'm, like, 'Oh, what?' He said, 'Paul Gray just died.'
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 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.
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.
What's cool about making music is when you create a record, it comes from somewhere.
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.
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.
There was a time when I was beat down, and I lost my way.
The heart bleeds music no matter what, and it bleeds different types of music.
Playing drums, for me, is like breathing. It's like thinking. It's like eating. It's like walking.
You can't give up in life. You just can't do it, no matter what it is that is going on.
I pretty much use the same stuff live that I use in the studio. I don't like the feel to change too much.
It's not about the names or the faces: it's about the music we are creating.
The first mask I had was an original pale-white kabuki mask.
Life takes you down weird paths.
I'm constantly writing music and keeping myself busy somehow.
Slipknot will never die. As long as we're together, it just won't. When it's time for us to end, we'll know when it's time.
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.
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.
'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.
I saw Kiss on 'The Dick Clark Show' in, like, 1980 or something, and 'Kiss Alive!' was the first record of theirs I had.
With me, I would never lose my sight of music.
I lie more with drums and the more heavy and darker aspects of music.
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.
No matter what comes your way, being a musician, you will never, ever learn to play it all.
You can't think about what other people think. You just can't. It's stupid. You've got to look inside yourself.
I suffered from asthma when I was a kid.
I think that no matter how old you get, you are always learning about yourself.
