Quotes from Scott Weiland

You can't be seen in your mid-40s wearing leather pants. No leather pants anymore.

I want my ex-wife and children to be happy.

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.

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

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

Well, a lot of successes come by mistake.

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.

I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while I go through manic episodes and really depressed episodes.

I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they're not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them.

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.

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.

I sang in choir as a kid.

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.

Rock and roll doesn't allow you to grow up - especially if you're not trying very hard to.

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.

When I'm not completely loaded, it's a much more vulnerable place. I can feel the music, I can feel the energy and I really have to put it out there. When I was loaded, I was just oblivious.

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.

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

I'm going to take care of myself because that's what I need to take care of.

It's a horrible thing to have someone pretend like they know what you're about and call you a fraud when they haven't given you a fair shot.

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

I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.

I had a period in my life in the '90s where I was definitely young, dumb, and full of even more dumb.

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.