Shawn Crahan Quotes

Our show doesn't rely on the typical whistles and bells, and smoke and mirrors. It relies mostly on the music.

There's only so many things you can do with fights, so I'm always trying to shake it up and find something different, new, exciting and fun.

A lot of guys come out, and they do the exact same thing, are in the exact same mood, and have the exact same entrance every night, I really just make up a lot of crap as I go along.

I'm always constantly trying to find stuff that's different. It's a way to keep me on my toes and keep me interested and keep me excited about work.

Doing something different, doing something original is always fun because there is a lot of creativity that comes with it.

I try as hard as I can for everything to be different from one movie to the next.

I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea.

I don't want there to be a typical episode of 'The Walking Dead.' I want to try to give people different things every week because that's what I dig.

We put all these things together into a tangible product that is The Rock N' Roll Mystery Tour.

I don't do the same show on any two nights.

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.

I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.

I always look for a challenge and something that's different.

The minute you start assuming that the audience is very happy to see the same show again, you're dead.

Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear.

The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh.

I like to present something that the people haven't seen or haven't heard before. Otherwise they might as well just stay home and play the record.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.

You have to keep surprising your audience.

I love to perform live.

You have a new audience for every show. Even though you do the same thing all the time, you gotta keep it fresh for yourself, and you gotta keep it good and interesting and something you want to do. I'm anxious to have a really terrific act. Whatever it takes it takes.

You know I want to sing for people, I want to jazz people up I want to make new music that they've never heard.

To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well.

I played the violin my whole life. I wanted to play from the time I was just a little kid, and I've always loved dance as well. I wanted to make people smile. I wanted to add an extra energy to my playing and make it visual and make it unique and fun.