Corey Taylor

“You cannot kill what you did NOT create”

“Life is not that simple. That is why it is called life. That word includes both lie and if. Time to figure out which side of the "half" fence you are on: Does your life include a lie or just one big if? There is nothing wrong with either to be honest, but it will make your Sundays longer.”

“We [human beings] are what happens when smart monkeys fuck.”

“We are a race of peo­ple try­ing to find an­swers, and to me, re­li­gion is kind of like last year’s text­books: out of date with too many notes in the mar­gins from the last fuck­ing guy.”

“Bad music is a form of murder to the true art of music in general.Bad music forced on a child is abuse because it invariably forms that child´s taste in music. Bad music has raped an industry that was held up strongly by great expression for decades but now finds itself floundering, giving in to the lowest common denominator of music just to keep its panties around its waist. Bad music tortures the eardrums and kills little bits of your senses through prolonged exposure. Bad music steals money from shallow pockets, steals airtime from more deserving bands and songwriters, and steals the spotlight from undiscovered geniuses who have all but given up on a dream because of the mediocrity of popular radio. Bad music is a lie, and yet it is foisted on the public in an attempt to turn melodies and songs into hamburgers and fries. Bad music is truly a sin because you don´t have to be exceptional to make it in the music industry anymore. You just have to be good enough to stick around and be tolerated. I understand that bad music is a matter of opinion. I know that. But I am fairly confident that more people agree with me than you suspect.Bad music is just fucking bad.”

“You ever want to feel powerless? Watch the people you care about being hurt and know there is nothing you can do about it.”

“Our proximity keeps us honest. Our intentions keep us strangers.”

“Watch who you fuck with. You are not always in your territory, even if you think you are.”

“I still harbor lingering doubts about most people. I guess I always will.”

“The best friends you will ever have are the ones who don't make you feel like you owe them a damn thing.”

“I may never let go of my wrath, my anger, but I will always have the last laugh.”

“I think of how and where all the horrible people I've come across in my life ended up, and I smile.”

“I want karma to drive stakes into the dark hearts that keep me bitter.”

“Bad things happen when good people pretend nothing is wrong.”

“It's amazing and sad what we have to do to survive sometimes.”

“We are defined by our dignity to rise above debasement. We are certainly better people for doing so.”

“Sin is a matter of opinion. Sins are only sins if you are hurting other people.”

“You have to live in these moments, not for them. If you look too hard, they blow right by you. If you do not live enough, you will regret every breath.”

“Life owes you nothing. You owe yourself everything.”

“I have come to accept myself for what I am: human. I am not perfect. I am not immune to fate, but I am not automatically doomed for being alive. I feel temptations every second of every day and I am not controlled by them. I do what I want anyway, so who is to say I want anything else? When I want, I let these peculiarities run across me like dogs to their masters. When I do not, I keep them at bay with my will and my testimony. I do not cut myself off from what makes me feel; I just refuse to feel anything that cuts me off from what matters most. It is called will power. With a little practice, you can accomplish great things.”

“When Paris Hilton can top the bestsellers' lists, we are one more Connect Four move closer to Armageddon.”

“There is going to come a time when we have to accept who we are without the assistance of religion. That will be the dawn of true faith. We leave the big decisions to invisible consultants and pray we get the answers we are looking for. The late great George Carlin once said he gave up praying to God and started praying to Joe Pesci because his prayers to Joe Pesci were answered with as much accuracy and frequency as those to God. [...] If we as people are still looking for answers, we should turn our eyes away from the heavens and look to each other. I know we do not play well together - hell, some of us do not even like being in the same room with each other - but the divine lies in all of us. We are miracles. We are "god." If we shared a little more, we would not be left feeling less. We hold the keys to our own destinies. It is time we started looking for the locks.”

“Live your life, no matter what that life is.”

“The mind is left bereft when it is nothing more than a tool of regurgitation.”

“The future is meant for those who are willing to let go of the worst parts of the past. When you cannot take two steps without turning around to inspect your footsteps, you are getting nowhere fast.”

“I bet you a handful of Chili's coupons that Jesus had a foot fetish.”

“Mistakes? Well, hell, we all make mistakes. And what’s more, we are expected to learn from them. It is part of our journey. It is how we move from innocence to resounding wisdom. It is how we keep from retaining a fucking baby’s psyche well into our nineties. It is how everyone keeps from shitting themselves in public and on each other. It is our ever-learning, ever-adapting GPS for this thing called life.”

“Before you tell yourself its a different scene remember its just different from what you've seen.”