Best Scott Weiland Quotes & Sayings

I prefer to break new ground, but it gets harder and harder with the territory that's already been walked on. — Scott Weiland

I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish. — Scott Weiland

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. — Scott Weiland

If I was in a zombie apocalypse, I wouldn't be playing music, because that would attract zombies. — Scott Weiland

There was a period of time where I really hated rock music. — 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. — Scott Weiland

The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable. — Scott Weiland

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. — Scott Weiland

It's better to not set your expectations high. And that's what happens when you have a long career - not every album is going to be record setting. — Scott Weiland

I listened to a lot of Bob Dylan songs to see how he works. I've gotten into writing story-songs. — Scott Weiland

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. — Scott Weiland

I was just a kid in 1987 when I heard of the Pixies, the year after I graduated high school. But I had my band together, and my best friend at the time, Corey Hickock, who was the guitar player in the band that would become STP, Mighty Joe Young, turned me on to the Pixies. — Scott Weiland

But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself. — Scott Weiland

In my creative life, David Bowie is definitely an enormous influence on me, being one of rock's greatest shapeshifters. — Scott Weiland

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. — Scott Weiland

Not sure how I can be 'terminated' from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of their biggest hits. But that's something for the lawyers to figure out. — Scott Weiland

I used to just write about my own apathy, but that youthful, apathetic way of looking at things grew thin as I got older. — Scott Weiland

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. — Scott Weiland

Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated. — Scott Weiland

Electric red hair is more for, like, people in their 20s and early 30s. — Scott Weiland

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record. — Scott Weiland

I really didn't get obsessed with Bowie until my freshman year in high school. I remember listening to 'Starman' and thinking it sounded like it was a song for kids, like a lullaby. The Thin White Duke is my favorite look that he created. — Scott Weiland

It's incredibly stressful when the person you love is having a child. — Scott Weiland

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting. — Scott Weiland

It's a beautiful thing to be that committed to something that you get so much joy from, but it is like a sick addiction, because sometimes it's incredibly volatile, incredibly painful, and very frustrating. A man shouldn't be defined by his work, but I am. — Scott Weiland

I don't want to stay on the road for the rest of my life. I have two kids. — Scott Weiland

To be appreciated by a whole 'nother generation of fans, all of a sudden discovering you, it's kind of what I did with the classic bands I love - the ones that influenced me. — Scott Weiland

Life doesn't make any sense unless you can enjoy the journey, and sometimes I take that for granted. — Scott Weiland

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. — Scott Weiland

Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides. — Scott Weiland

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. — Scott Weiland

When you become a television personality, it's difficult to maintain your musical credibility. — Scott Weiland

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. — Scott Weiland

Processed pig is white trash meat. Some people call it Spam. — Scott Weiland