“If you are too overwhelmed, then when you sit down and try to write something, it feels forced. There's nothing worse than forced music. I mean, this world has enough of that right now, where it's basically McDonald's making music. 'Everybody needs another hamburger and fries.' Here's a piece of crap that nobody's gonna care about it two years.”

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.