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What's cool about making music is when you create a record, it comes from somewhere.
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I got really, really sick with a horrible disease called transverse myelitis; I lost my legs. I couldn't play anymore. It was a form of multiple sclerosis, which I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
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I play guitar all the time, and I'm constantly thinking of songs... Every time I pick up a guitar, I come up with different riffs, all different bands I've been in. Sometimes there is a song or riff that could only belong with Slipknot, and I just can't use it for anything else, regardless of whatever happened.
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I have a ton of Slipknot demos that I have at home. Maybe some day they'll surface; maybe they'll never be heard, but I don't translate them to any other band: they still stay in the Slipknot safe. I won't use them for anyone else besides Slipknot, if that ever happens again.
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No matter what comes your way, being a musician, you will never, ever learn to play it all.
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You can't think about what other people think. You just can't. It's stupid. You've got to look inside yourself.
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I think that no matter how old you get, you are always learning about yourself.
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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.
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I pretty much use the same stuff live that I use in the studio. I don't like the feel to change too much.
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The simplest beats, on what rock music or any music has been formed on, can be the toughest beats to execute and perform, because it's really easy to not respect a simple 4/4 beat, because people always want to play fast.
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The mask is a pain thing. It's clammy, and your body is moving all over, and you're locked into this thing, and you can't get out.
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What better to get all the anger and stuff out for what I do in Slipknot than to play the drums? You're punching everything, really fast, concentrated.
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I love listening to old records. Stuff from the '70s, even disco and funk records and a lot of early rock albums - what's great about those recordings is that you can actually hear the true tones of the drums themselves.
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Playing drums is how I communicate. It's how I speak to people. That's my God-given gift.
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I'm always in the right headspace! I live pretty much in isolation, so there are really no distractions. That's not a manufactured thing; it's just the way I live.
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How I found out is, I landed in Des Moines from a plane ride back from the Rob Zombie tour. I was, like, 'Okay, cool, I'm home. I can finally get some rest.' Once I landed, I turned my phone on, and my manager rang, and I'm, like, 'Oh, what?' He said, 'Paul Gray just died.'
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The drum records that I like are ones on which the drumming didn't repeat itself. The players didn't stick to a format or formula.
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Playing drums, for me, is like breathing. It's like thinking. It's like eating. It's like walking.
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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.
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You meet people, and you realize that you can never judge a book by its cover.
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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.
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The heart bleeds music no matter what, and it bleeds different types of music.
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'My Swan Song' - that song is so depressing but uplifting at the same time, you know what I mean?
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Keith Moon was amazing as a drummer, but he was also a nut, and it reflected in his drumming. And the great thing about Who records is that you can almost get hold of the vinyl and feel his heart.
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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.
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People lump us into the nu-metal category, and there might be a hint of that stuff, but if you really listen to a nu-metal band and then listen to Slipknot, it's so apples and oranges that it's retarded.
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Always try and play with as many people as possible, even if it's not your style of music, because you will learn a lot.
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I was in band all the way through high school, and I played in jazz competitions all across Iowa.
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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.
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I don't use a Beatmap; I don't use any click track. Any time I count off, it's just in my heart. Sometimes I'll go off the feel of a crowd, like if they way they're bouncing is a little quicker than the song, I might kick up the tempo a little bit. I see where the crowd is at. It's nothing drastic, but all the tempos are from my internal clock.
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I wasn't worried about flash or persona... It's all about writing a good, solid song.
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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.
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I've got so much material; like, it feels as if every day I'm coming up with so many riffs.
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I'm writing music that people can grasp and hold on to... something that resonates. If you don't have that, then you have nothing.
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My advice always is to start very simple and master your timing and master the most simple beats that you can, and you just keep elevating from that. Trying to go right into playing fast is not necessarily the best way to go about it, because if you don't have your foundation locked in, it's hard to progress.
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