99 Quotes by Jim Root

I like to keep my world positive. There's enough negativity kicking around.

I plan for the best and expect the worst.

It became apparent to me near the end of the album cycle for 'House Of Gold & Bones' that it had basically run its course. But the band kept pushing for more dates, and I was just, like, 'It's time to stop!'

There is a solo on 'Spiders,' albeit a kind of a non-traditional solo, but that's what I love.

Music is like wine, it ages beautifully - and if you spend enough time you can just sit there and listen to it entirely differently.

I think rock 'n' roll, in a way, has been dead for a long time.

I was spreading myself too thin. That was making me unhappy and that, in turn, was making the rest of Stone Sour unhappy.

I'm always living at least a year ahead of where I'm really at, and that can really lead you to some negative thoughts and some bad vibes.

You can't evaluate your situation when you're in a band, not really.