The great thing about kids is the immediate gratification. As soon as I get home from touring, my wife and kids become my life. There is nothing sweeter. – Scott Weiland
Having children showed me a whole different kind of love that I had never known. It was something that had always been missing. Complete love. I would die for them. – Scott Weiland
There was a period when STP and I weren’t making music – we weren’t getting along very good at all. But I had my studio, so I was writing and recording a lot of music. But something told me not to put it out. It was all stream of consciousness; it was clever, but it didn’t really have substance. – Scott Weiland
When bands got really big and sold a lot of records back in the day and did really well on the road, everyone developed a certain ego. And there’s a certain entitlement that comes with that. And it stops people from communicating the way you used to communicate when you were in a band together and it was all for one, one for all. – Scott Weiland
When you’re in love, you’ve found your soul mate, you think life is going one way, and suddenly it’s completely apparent it’s not. You have to rethink your whole purpose. – Scott Weiland
A lot of journalists like to suck up to celebrities, and then as soon as they’re a safe distance away at their computers, they take shots. But that’s the way society has become, especially in pop culture. – Scott Weiland
Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn’t be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down. – Scott Weiland
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found that I’m not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record. – Scott Weiland
I like wearing fitted jackets mixed with jeans, a button-down shirt and a tie. I like to keep the rock and roll feel but class it up a bit. As far as stage clothes, I prefer John Varvatos and All Saints. They have clothing that is really accessible for wearing every day as well as for wearing on stage. I also love J. Lindeberg’s suits. – Scott Weiland
I had a period in my life in the ’90s where I was definitely young, dumb, and full of even more dumb. – Scott Weiland
I want a performance style that’s more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish. – Scott Weiland
When I formed the band and created the Wildabouts with my friends, we decided we wanted to make a band-sounding album, a rock-sounding album. I made two solo albums before that were more experimental albums, and I think that they didn’t really resonate with my fan base because they were too out-there, too artsy. – Scott Weiland
It seems like everyone’s got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories. – Scott Weiland
Great classic music that I’ve been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting. – Scott Weiland
To be appreciated by a whole ‘nother generation of fans, all of a sudden discovering you, it’s kind of what I did with the classic bands I love – the ones that influenced me. – Scott Weiland
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. – Scott Weiland
Who you are as a person has to do with what you think and how you feel. It has to do with how you love and how you care for people. – Scott Weiland
In my creative life, David Bowie is definitely an enormous influence on me, being one of rock’s greatest shapeshifters. – Scott Weiland
I really didn’t get obsessed with Bowie until my freshman year in high school. I remember listening to ‘Starman’ and thinking it sounded like it was a song for kids, like a lullaby. The Thin White Duke is my favorite look that he created. – Scott Weiland
Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush. – Scott Weiland
