Quotes from Joey Jordison

The first mask I had was an original pale-white kabuki mask.

I've got so much material; like, it feels as if every day I'm coming up with so many riffs.

Without blood and pain, there is no Slipknot.

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.

There was a time when I was beat down, and I lost my way.

I don't pay attention to critics.

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.

Playing drums, for me, is like breathing. It's like thinking. It's like eating. It's like walking.

On the records that I grew up with and loved, every song was unique - it's almost as if you had a different journey every time - and the drums were big part of that story.

When I first heard Korn, they blew me away, and I've been a fan ever since.

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.

I suffered from asthma when I was a kid.

I'm used to living out of a suitcase.

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.

I just can't bring myself to see Sabbath without Bill Ward, because he was such an integral part of that band.

Proper Sabbath is Sabbath with Bill Ward. I'm sorry, it just is.

Heavy music is really getting its due. With nu-metal fallen by the wayside, real metal has started to surface.

The power of music, and the power of your determination in life, especially when you're playing extreme metal like this... it just conquers. It conquers everything.

I was in band all the way through high school, and I played in jazz competitions all across Iowa.

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.

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.

Life takes you down weird paths.

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.

Man, failure was not an option whatsoever, 'cause I'm here to play music - that's what I've been put on earth for.