Corey Taylor Quotes

Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music.

But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.

Being a pop artist or making music like a jingle or something - I don't do that.

I didn't want to be a solo Westlife - covers and ballads - and the reason I signed with Capitol Records was because they wanted me to write songs myself. It was pretty scary, but they put me in a studio in Nashville with some new songwriters, and the results were pretty good.

I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard core bands and all that.

The very first time I ever heard anything of mine on the radio, I was in New Jersey, and I was in my teens. I did my first record, which was an old standard called 'My Mother's Eyes.' It was the old Georgie Jessel theme. I heard it on local radio out of Newark. And it was very exciting!

I feel like Sony appreciates good music from a talented artist.

I want to write my own music, and I want to tour.

My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.

It's much easier to have a diversified career as an electronic musician than it is as a drummer. Nothing against drummers. If you're a drummer, you just wait around for people to ask you to play drums. But if you have your own studio and can make music, you have the ability to approach music a lot differently.

I've been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician.

Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter', never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go.

I want to take Justin Bieber for a month and just lock him up in a cage where we sit and make music. He's one of the most successful people in the world, but his music could be so much tighter.

They wanted to start recording rock 'n roll, and thought I had the right voice.

I've always had a lot of creative impact on the music with Timbaland.

My current project is my band, Population 1. We are writing, rehearsing and playing in Los Angeles.

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.

I write contemporary rock with Jane's. And I also write house music with people like Kascade.

Whenever I have time, I try to get in the studio and write, whether it's for me or other artists or my catalog of music. It's definitely one of my favorite parts of the music industry.

I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'

I did this thing with Trisha Yearwood, a song called 'The Price.' I had been sitting on it for a while, because I figured, you know, this really needs a good singer.

I've sung other people's music all my life.

I'm in a band, and we play music. And that's sort of my way of still being a rock star.

The kids of today have taken over the music business - most of them very young. Simply because they write and jot down a few notes, they have the idea that they can write songs.

I like pop music. Earnestly. Most of the greatest technicians, mix engineers, and players are working in pop music.