I would never, ever change the formula of what we would do, but what I want to do is go down somewhere really conceptual. Really artistic. Really theme-oriented. But I don't want to push anything.
— Shawn Crahan
I couldn't imagine being in Slipknot and not going to Peru or Argentina or Moscow or St. Petersburg.
We, as a band, have never decided to go away. We've never even talked about it. It's not even a question.
I've got dreams now of reinventing 'Hellraiser' and just getting my head on anything I can get my hands on that maybe I would love. 'Cause the possibilities are endless: I can make my own movies; I can make other people's movies. But if someone had a 'Hellraiser' script and had funding, and I loved it, let's go.
There was no way I was gonna be in a band and show my face.
El Paso is the final Wild, Wild West city.
The Backstreet Boys are easy; they're cream. And then here we are, this nine-piece metal militia.
I decided that every year on my birthday, I'm going to release a new clown mask.
I may have won the only important lotto ever, which is life, but I am still going to die. We all are.
No, there's other actor who could play The Clown in Slipknot.
I ask myself, does Slipknot want to play next to the Foo Fighters? The answer is no, because my kids don't want me to do that.
You can have a wife - you can have a child or children - and be a rock n' roller.
We try to bring something different for every tour.
I don't have time for heartache or problems, especially drama.
No albums are better or worse than each other, and they're all important to our legacy and our story.
Either people are going to start getting us, or they're not. And if they're not, I want them to quit wasting my time. I just want people to really get into the band.
We love everyone. We appreciate the support. It has helped us; it has been noted. It has been needed, and it just proves that Slipknot is not a band: we are a culture.
I want to bring art into everything.
We help kids and fans of all ages find their social scenes. Find their place. Find their demeanor.
I think every song Slipknot has written is a greatest hit, but there are only four records.
I want to go to colleges and give seminars. I want to sit down with kids in classrooms and have them challenge me.
I can only be the madman that I've been so long.
I have a lot of self-hatred and a lot of self-anger and a lot of things that I need to let go of.
People are animals, man.
When I leave backstage, some of the fans ask if I'm a roadie, and I just tell them, 'No, I'm the bus driver.' And, of course, they believe it.
What are Slipknot angry about? Everything, man!
I wouldn't disrespect myself or my art with any imitations.
I didn't want to be in high school. I didn't want to go to grade school. I wanted to learn rock n' roll and paint pictures and throw pots and write haiku and study film.
You're either in music socially and culturally to get through life, or you're not.
You can look for something that's equivalent to Slipknot, and you're going to fail miserably.
It's very strange for me to do a comic book for my first movie. But I used to collect - and I love - comic books.
I'm not a fan of the sound quality of our first album, because there's a noise in my head.
I'm certainly interested in taking a photo with anyone who took time out of their busy schedule in life to say hello.
One thing we've always wanted to do is just do things our way, and we've always talked about having our own festival.
In true Slipknot fashion, nothing we plan works out the way we want it.
The goal every day of my life is to make some sort of artistic difference on a more profound level than just moshing.
It's just upsetting how the world is - the need and the necessity to override the value of life.
I really believe Slipknot's rich with history and rich with things.
It's not about me. It's about what I'm doing for kids. When I walk out onstage, there's 15,000 kids that, to me, represent potential.
Everybody wants to escape, but our escape is the real deal. If we're scary, that's because we're taking you away from you being fed what you want to hear.
If I haven't got someone to leave in five minutes for at least one of my films, then I'm not doing my job.
Slipknot is about integrity and reality!
Why should anybody see our faces? What have our clothes got to do with anything? So we got the masks and the overalls, and we set about developing the most insane live shows that anyone has ever seen.
I don't need the new fan; I need the fan that has anxiety - parents are getting divorced, social problems, gender problems - I need them to come to the ultimate show, and they're going to get that at Knotfest.
Health is the most important thing you have on this planet if you're gonna have a successful life.
I'm in the greatest band in the world, period. End of story. We're the best.
I get to be a kid forever.
Maybe I thought the movie business would be a little bit different than the rock n' roll business, but, in fact, they're the same animal, just packaged differently.
We want to push it. We feel we are the envelope.
Paul Gray - he believed in my art, and I believed in his music. Together, we decided to change the world, and that's what we did.
