Quotes from Scott Weiland

There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust.

Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.

Lyrically, there's a lot of songs that are influenced by my wife. They're about my wife and I.

As horrible as jail was, there were some first-rate guys in there.

I was on the pro-Nirvana, anti-Pearl Jam bandwagon.

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

Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down.

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.

I've seen guys on the street who look the part of a rock star just as much as any rock star. If you feel it and you believe it, then you can get away with it. Rock on!

It's the same as Keith Richards. People still ask him the same questions they asked him 30 years ago, even though he's a completely different person. And I'm a completely different person than I was 15 years ago.

You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion.

I think to stay in one sound is a career killer.

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

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.

When I formed the band and created the Wildabouts with my friends, we decided we wanted to make a band-sounding album, a rock-sounding album. I made two solo albums before that were more experimental albums, and I think that they didn't really resonate with my fan base because they were too out-there, too artsy.

I'm beyond the point of thinking I'm powerful enough to solve my own problems.

To be a great band it's like you have that telepathy. You know when the bass player's in back of you without even looking. You know when your guitar player's coming up to you to lean up to you and sing into your microphone. You just know these things. You feel it. You feel the energy of it.

It's like, hey, some people cook for a living, and some people milk cows. I write songs.

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

Shoot the bad guys and I'll gladly sing a tune for you.

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.

My family is the most beautiful thing in my life beyond anything else, even music.

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

When I was around nine years old, I was a fan of Shaun Cassidy's first album.