“I've had to really teach myself that when you're not feeling it, you shouldn't write anything down because you're going to end up coming back and re-writing it later. Whereas, if you write when you're feeling something, when you're really in the streak, then that's when you're going to get your best stuff.”

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.