“I'm kind of lucky in the fact that I can take something that's in my head and write it down, or I can listen to a piece of music that somebody else has written and try to tap into what the music's saying and just kind of follow that, you know. I mean, nine times out of 10, I'm just kind of following where the music takes me.”

American musician

Corey Todd Taylor is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of Slipknot, where he is designated #8, and as the singer and guitarist of Stone Sour. He is closely associated with heavy metal through Slipknot and with rock through Stone Sour, serving as the voice of both bands. His work is identified mainly with those roles, and his public profile comes from fronting two major groups in modern rock and metal.