It's a beautiful thing to be that committed to something that you get so much joy from, but it is like a sick addiction, because sometimes it's incredibly volatile, incredibly painful, and very frustrating. A man shouldn't be defined by his work, but I am.

Scott Weiland

Categorized in : Men Beautiful Sick

I see love, like art, as an obsession. Maybe that's an overly romantic view of human existence, but I'm an overly romantic human being. If love, like rock and roll, doesn't consume me 24-7, it's not love. It can be respect, appreciation, admiration, wonderment, it can be a world of glory and a lifetime of peace, but I can't call it love. Love burns me and confuses me. Love's a light that can't be extinguished.

Scott Weiland

light appreciation art

Music, as many people have said, is the universal language. Of course points are made which make you think about things, but ultimately it makes you feel. And that's why people remember more songs that have meant something during their life than films. They start to define periods in your life, and that's kind of the beauty of it.

Scott Weiland

song people thinking

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

Scott Weiland

rocks growing-up music

You are only as big as your experiences.

Scott Weiland

bigs

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

Scott Weiland

miserable writing song

Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated.

Scott Weiland

internet computer easy

Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

Scott Weiland

tides jealous swim

Sing the song or keep it inside.

Scott Weiland

song

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

Scott Weiland

distraction feelings hands

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.

Scott Weiland

gauges expression trying

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.

Scott Weiland

canvas writing song

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.

Scott Weiland

episodes disorder suffering

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

Scott Weiland

quirky rock-and-roll rocks

When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.

Scott Weiland

looking-forward pressure feels

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

Scott Weiland

singing guy tunes

Well, a lot of successes come by mistake.

Scott Weiland

wells mistake

I'd sell one of my songs for any car commercial in the world that paid enough money.

Scott Weiland

car writing song

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.

Scott Weiland

songwriting inspired classic

It doesn't matter what kind of problems a family is having; it should always stay in the family.

Scott Weiland

kind problem matter

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.

Scott Weiland

guitar energy player