Shawn Crahan

It's just upsetting how the world is - the need and the necessity to override the value of life.

value value-of-life life world

There is nothing perfect, no one can be perfect, and perfectionism is something you shouldn't chase.

nothing something you perfect

There's a lot of different things that make me want to take photos. A lot of it is, for a long time I've been obsessed with the thought of time travel with my camera.

me time long travel

El Paso is the final Wild, Wild West city.

wild final city wild-west

What the world needs to know is that it's okay to need help.

help know okay world

I couldn't imagine being in Slipknot and not going to Peru or Argentina or Moscow or St. Petersburg.

going being argentina imagine

The people who you think are the most solid are often the most hurt.

think you hurt people

I bought a bar because we got banned from playing everywhere else. We were too nuts, and everyone was scared of us. It was Des Moines, Iowa, remember.

bar us everyone remember

We love everyone. We appreciate the support. It has helped us; it has been noted. It has been needed, and it just proves that Slipknot is not a band: we are a culture.

support appreciate love culture

I wouldn't disrespect myself or my art with any imitations.

any myself disrespect art

A lot of us in Slipknot, we get to go to wounded soldier hospitals where soldiers have lost their limbs. That's surreal. It's even more surreal to talk to them about your band. They're talking to you about war and losing their limbs, and at same time, they're talking about their favorite album, these kind of things.

you losing time war

I still live in Des Moines.

live still des-moines

As the world grows and technology grows, it's getting harder to communicate and for kids to socialize.

getting technology kids world

To the general public, just remember the people around you. You might not know what they're thinking, so it's always nice to be checked in on and to check in on people.

you remember people thinking

I don't wanna work with people who only want to make money.

money want work people

I'm not gonna be like, 'Farewell tour!' then come back. Never say those words to fans - you have to come back if you say that.

words never back you

Corey Taylor won't be mad at me saying, but I didn't think there'd be other bands. I thought we'd wear masks forever.

saying thought think me

This world is ugly, and it's supposed to be, and it has to be in order for art to lead to grandness and beauty.

ugly beauty world art

I jumped off my lift, smashed my knee pretty good - my meniscus and everything. So I had to have surgery.

lift pretty everything good

The masks were more of a representation of what you wanted to present as yourself.

present more yourself you