Scott Weiland Quotes

Bowie's been a huge influence on me.

I went through a pretty big David Bowie period when I was younger, and that has affected me profoundly in my life and my work.

It just sort of happened. I wrote like what I'd always read and what was in the movies... I'm sure popular music is supposed to be like this.

When the suggestion was made that I might consider doing music of Joni Mitchell, I thought it was a fantastic idea. Joni, I admire not only for her music but for her person, because she's a person that really stands out for what she believes in.

My greatest influence is Jimi Hendrix, and if he's been reincarnated, or if he's looking down, sideways, or looking up, I just wanted to tell him that I love him and thank him for opening doors for me. I just wanted to make it beautiful for him.

That's who I wanted to be like was Bob Dylan.

Everybody influences everybody else, in my opinion. There are different trends in music all the time. No matter who starts them, if it's a true trend in the music, it ends up influencing other people as well.

I was doing some research and stuff and reading about Bowie. When he referred to his music as 'plastic soul,' I was like, 'That is the coolest thing I've ever heard.'

Who influenced me the most? I'd have to say Lauryn Hill, I think she influenced me the most.

David Bowie has always been my vocal inspiration ever since I was a child.

When I was growing up, David Bowie was my idol. I grew up in inner-city London, and he was from Brixton, which is even more urban.

I think The Beatles are the lasting influence on me, even more so than Dylan.

Chuck Berry told me if it wasn't for Louis Jordan, he wouldn't have probably ever even got into music. That Louis Jordan changed everything and made him want to become a musician.

I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction.

I am a big fan of music in general. I listen to all genres: hip-hop, R&B, whatever sounds good to me; it doesn't matter to me where it comes from - there are no boundaries, no fences. If I like it, then it will inspire me to create.

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game.

If you listen to a lot of music, it gradually seeps into your consciousness or your unconsciousness and comes out in your music.

Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.

If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.

The artist that had the biggest impact on me was Michael Jackson. He was my Elvis and Beatles. When I was 15, I listened to a lot of Sinatra, but my jean jacket didn't have, 'I love Frank' on it, it had, 'I love AC/DC', 'Guns N Roses', 'Pearl Jam'. I thought Eddie Vedder was the second coming.

David Bowie is such a big influence to me. Everything about him as a person is intriguing to me.

If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

Everything I listen to is influential in some way.

Just like zillions of children, album covers educated and informed me, and certainly did I later transpose organically, rather than by intent, those principles both in fashion design and photography.