133 Quotes by Scott Weiland

When you become a television personality, it's difficult to maintain your musical credibility.

Lyrically, there's a lot of songs that are influenced by my wife. They're about my wife and I.

Life doesn't make any sense unless you can enjoy the journey, and sometimes I take that for granted.

One thing that has really influenced me with Bowie where I've taken an approach from him is how he changes from album to album and has always modified his sound and his appearance. I think that's an important thing.

My family is the most beautiful thing in my life beyond anything else, even music.

My favorite hobby is writing and recording songs at my studio. I like to surf, but I don't get a chance to do that as much as I'd like. I don't live close to the beach. I also like to ski, but I don't get to do that much, either.

When I put out a record or single I don't allow myself to set up expectations like, 'This song must be a number one hit. Its got to sell X amount of records.'

I was just a kid in 1987 when I heard of the Pixies, the year after I graduated high school. But I had my band together, and my best friend at the time, Corey Hickock, who was the guitar player in the band that would become STP, Mighty Joe Young, turned me on to the Pixies.

I think to stay in one sound is a career killer.