99 Quotes by Jim Root

Finding the right amp can be a process, especially when you're young and just starting out. When I was a kid, I had to rely on whatever I got for Christmas. Then my mom got me a Peavey VTM 120. I used that for a few years.

My first real real guitar I had was a Charvel, model 1 and that was when I was 15, I think, I got that.

I can't be on tour constantly if I really want to be creative.

I was awkward in school. I didn't really fit in with any kind of crowd in school. I didn't have a lot of friends. But the friends I had were very close friends.

It's the best thing, me leaving Stone Sour.

I like to improvise so much live because I get bored playing the same thing over again. It's like the kid at school that already knows all the answers so doodles all over the paper. I do that a lot live.

I think that the only goals that we try to set for ourselves is to evolve musically.

So many bands play to tracks - what's the point in coming to see them live if they're playing to a CD?

Everything happens for a reason.