Slipknot's not about who's in the band. It's a lifeblood. It's a force. It's about a connection between a bunch of people.
I feel it's quite important to have a band but what's more vital is to be friends with the members of the band. If there's not a bond there, you won't be able to jam. Apart from that, it's also vital to have the same vibe.
People will come up to me at shows and tell me that a song touched them in a completely different way than I wrote it. That's fun. Fans translating it in their own way.
My wife, Gayle, is a wonderful musician and singer. We share music, so it's a deep bond.
I wrote 'No Words' and 'Mull of Kintyre' with help from Paul. He was always like a big brother to me and a strong influence on my songwriting.
No matter what kinds of problems we might be going through, or what kinds of problems the world might be going through, music is the place where we can all get along. We can all jam.
Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.
Music always lived with me, like a family tradition.
The magic of the group has everything to do with the chemistry between myself, Tionne and Chilli. With TLC, it's like, if there wasn't something going wrong, it just wouldn't be right.
Common and I have a long history of making great music together.
I love playing with Jeff. That's something I never really say in the press, but he's my favorite bass player. I've played right next to him for 10 years.
I owe everything to the musicians I work with.
To me, the band is like one of my homes, in fact. It's not like, 'I've got to get out of this band. I've got to go home.' This band is home in a lot of ways. It's my closest friends; it's a place where I really feel comfortable and happy.
I instinctively felt Pancham and Gulzarbhai were meant to make music together.
I don’t really have a relationship with the guitar; it’s like my slutty lover, whereas I’m married to the piano
A band is like a marriage - you don't know why it works, but when it does, everything feels right.
John was great to work with, and a lot of fun. I wish I'd had the chance to make more music with him, of course, and to get to know him better.
It's a unique thing, and it's probably the thing I love most about songs and music - their ability to connect in a human way.
You ask for your audience's investment in your music; you're in a relationship with them. And their relationship with the E Street Band is separate from whatever else I might do. I like the idea of us being something that people rely on.
My songs are my girlfriends. I have a secret romance with all of them. I romance with them year after year.
But Toto is something that's very near and dear to me, and we feel so fortunate and blessed to have been able to have a career playing music for all this time.
I can feel my father's spirit within me. I can feel similarities within us from the artistic perspective from being a musician. We have a lot of similarities.
Detroit has always been a rock and roll audience for me and picked up on me and my performances long before a lot of other places in the country. I will never forget that. It's a home away from home. I love it.
I think regardless of where people are from, country music is a through line.
Don't forget, I was a musician long before I ever met Prince. That's a big difference between me and those other women he's worked with. We operate on the same plane, as equals.
