Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Wayne Static - Page 2

The studio can be quite tedious.

I hate it when bands keep making the same record over and over, so we're pushing ourselves to try new things and experiment in our writing approach.

Any of the bands that came out at the same time as us, they're either gone now, or they got just mega huge, like System of a Down or Incubus.

Being married has not affected my career at all other than just making me happier to be on the road.

Static-X has never been a band where the four guys get into a room together and jam and write songs and all that kind of stuff.

Obviously, we've proved a lot of skeptics, who thought we'd be gone after a record or two, wrong.

I can't imagine that having a child is good for your focus, because it's a tough industry. You have to be very focused. And once you're successful, you have to fight harder to stay on top.

It's harder and harder to sell records now. You've got to give extra value. You've got to give people a reason to go out and buy it rather than burn a friend's copy.

For some reason, I don't spend enough time getting to see my family because I'm always touring or working or whatnot.

It's been a long time since I lived in Michigan, but I did grow up there for 18 to 20 years of my life. It does feel my home state.

Pretty much every other question I get from fans is about my hair and beard.

I'm very picky about who we tour with.

I'd stay on tour for the rest of my life if I could. It's awesome.

I like playing Michigan.

Obviously we're not Kiss, but we go out there and jump around like idiots and try to have a good time and entertain people.

I remember when we were mixing our record and our manager was in there going, 'You guys need to sing more, so it can be on the radio.' And we were like 'What? We're never going to get played on the radio. Who cares? What are you talking about?'

I realized how important it was to have a good team - manager, attorney and label. It's not just about putting out a record and somebody signing you.

It's cool that MTV is making an effort to support bands like us.

Here's the way Static-X has always worked: I write all the songs by myself - totally and completely by myself - I give demos to the other guys, and then they add their parts to it, and then we argue about stuff and compromise and it turns out being Static-X.

All of our records seem to capture a certain period of time for us.

I actually re-signed with Warner Bros. on my own. They've been really good to us and all the people over there are great; they love me and I love them. So I'm just sticking with them.

I can't afford another Camaro.

Sometimes things get too layered and compressed or there's too many effects and they turn into mush on record. I strive to keep it raw and live-sounding, like you are in the room watching the band play.

We can't seem to put out an album without any drama.

We didn't have that big-label push. We weren't the kind of band that our label Warner Bros. Records was going to throw all this money at. Their idea was to support us on the road and see what happens. It was a very slow building process.

When I'm in a bad mood, I feel better listening to someone else who sounds like they're in a bad mood. That was especially true when I was a kid, and I was mad at my mom or dad for whatever reason.

Back in the Eighties, I used to write ballads on my acoustic guitar, so it seems very natural to me to go back to a little singing.

For many records, everyone was like, 'Oh, this next record is going to be their last, blah, blah, blah.' But here we are on our sixth full-length studio album and we debut at No. 16. It's obvious we're not going anywhere.

We're definitely a metal band. We push a lot of boundaries. But at the core we're a metal band.

As much fun as we had doing Ozzfest, I think it's good to try something else.

You gotta give props to Ozzy as the creator of all evil faces. What would we do in photo sessions if it were not for Ozzy?

Even when metal was on the radio, it was always the watered down stuff. There were only a couple real metal bands - Metallica is one - that broke through.

I can play whatever I want and play whatever the fans want to hear. I don't have to be like a salesperson up there talking about my CD through the whole show.

This 'Pighammer' record is supposed to be a side project. And it just so happens that at the same time I'm recording this record, our contract was up with Warner Bros., so it's time for Static-X to re-sign.

I think our first record was a fluke, really. The fact that it went platinum and all that, it was all due to one video and the timing being just right.

When you write, what's going on in your life shines through in the songs.

I developed a really bad hernia. I had to cancel the tour and go have surgery.

I like all kinds of shows. The small shows are a totally different vibe. I don't care how many people are there as long as they're into it.

For the most part, metal has been underground. It's too dangerous for mom and dad and schools. It will probably always be that way.

We became one of those bands that could be around forever like Slayer. We can go on as long as we want to, as long as we have fun.