Scott Weiland
Scott Weiland
Scott Richard Weilandwas an American musician, singer and songwriter. During a career spanning three decades, Weiland was best known as the lead singer of the band Stone Temple Pilots from 1989 to 2013, as well as the supergroup Velvet Revolver from 2003 to 2008. He also established himself as a solo artist, releasing two studio albums, two cover albums, a live album and collaborations with several other musicians since 1995...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth27 October 1967
CitySanta Cruz, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Anytime I feel squeezed into a box, I just lash out. My gut reaction is to strike. It's a different character onstage: there's a whole dark sexuality that's completely different from me. You know, I don't let anybody know who I really am.
Every single thing I've done has made me who I am today. The only thing I would take back is hurting the people that I love, and the people who I love have already read my lyrics and heard my apologies. But the rest of the world, I don't need to apologize to them. My life doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the world.
Any time you're stepping out on a limb as an artist, it's scary, especially when you have a lot of success. When you're reaching a lot of people, the masses, it's easy to stay in that niche, you know? Especially when you're making a lot of money and you know there's a formula, it's easy to stay in that rut.
It's a horrible thing to have someone pretend like they know what you're about and call you a fraud when they haven't given you a fair shot.
People read things on Google, and they have these perceptions, these misconceived perceptions of who you are. At times that hurts, because they really don't know who I am.
My family is the most beautiful thing in my life beyond anything else, even music.
I used to just write about my own apathy, but that youthful, apathetic way of looking at things grew thin as I got older.
I played in Velvet Revolver, which is a raw, bombastic blues band with a punk rock edge to it. It's like everything is based around the blues, no matter what the groove is.
Not many people are able to say that they had in their professional career the chance to perform in two bands that won Grammys and were multiplatinum bands.
One thing that has really influenced me with Bowie where I've taken an approach from him is how he changes from album to album and has always modified his sound and his appearance. I think that's an important thing.
I listened to a lot of Bob Dylan songs to see how he works. I've gotten into writing story-songs.
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.
As horrible as jail was, there were some first-rate guys in there.
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.