I ask myself, does Slipknot want to play next to the Foo Fighters? The answer is no, because my kids don't want me to do that.
I don't need the new fan; I need the fan that has anxiety - parents are getting divorced, social problems, gender problems - I need them to come to the ultimate show, and they're going to get that at Knotfest.
I wouldn't disrespect myself or my art with any imitations.
If I haven't got someone to leave in five minutes for at least one of my films, then I'm not doing my job.
People are animals, man.
The Backstreet Boys are easy; they're cream. And then here we are, this nine-piece metal militia.
I have a lot of self-hatred and a lot of self-anger and a lot of things that I need to let go of.
It's not about me. It's about what I'm doing for kids. When I walk out onstage, there's 15,000 kids that, to me, represent potential.
I can only be the madman that I've been so long.
There was no way I was gonna be in a band and show my face.
I really believe Slipknot's rich with history and rich with things.
I want to go to colleges and give seminars. I want to sit down with kids in classrooms and have them challenge me.
I've got dreams now of reinventing 'Hellraiser' and just getting my head on anything I can get my hands on that maybe I would love. 'Cause the possibilities are endless: I can make my own movies; I can make other people's movies. But if someone had a 'Hellraiser' script and had funding, and I loved it, let's go.
I think every song Slipknot has written is a greatest hit, but there are only four records.
We, as a band, have never decided to go away. We've never even talked about it. It's not even a question.
The goal every day of my life is to make some sort of artistic difference on a more profound level than just moshing.
We help kids and fans of all ages find their social scenes. Find their place. Find their demeanor.
I couldn't imagine being in Slipknot and not going to Peru or Argentina or Moscow or St. Petersburg.
In true Slipknot fashion, nothing we plan works out the way we want it.
I would never, ever change the formula of what we would do, but what I want to do is go down somewhere really conceptual. Really artistic. Really theme-oriented. But I don't want to push anything.
