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
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.
I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they're not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them.
I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.
To be a great band it's like you have that telepathy. You know when the bass player's in back of you without even looking. You know when your guitar player's coming up to you to lean up to you and sing into your microphone. You just know these things. You feel it. You feel the energy of it.
When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.
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.
When I'm not completely loaded, it's a much more vulnerable place. I can feel the music, I can feel the energy and I really have to put it out there. When I was loaded, I was just oblivious.
Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.
I had a period in my life in the '90s where I was definitely young, dumb, and full of even more dumb.
Well, a lot of successes come by mistake.
When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water. I like to ski, if I have the opportunity. But really, I like to go to my studio and write music that I want to write, where there's no pressure to come up with a hit single.
I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.
I prefer to break new ground, but it gets harder and harder with the territory that's already been walked on.
Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.