Jonathan Davis Quotations

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

I don't like painting flowers in my music. I like painting guts and pain.

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.

It is quite annoying that we have to change the sound we invented just to avoid sounding like people who simply copy us, but... it is flattering and of course challenging.

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

People die from typewriters falling on their heads.

Sometimes I go out disguised, but people still recognize me, so I find there is no point in even trying. It would be nice to get away from it, from time to time, but the fact is, there is no place on earth where I can go unrecognized.

What I absolutely can't do is just sit around, that drives me crazy. I go nuts! I'm far too nervous, too high strung to sit around. It's not my thing; I can't deal with it!

It started when I woke up, all I wanted to do is jump out of the window. I didn't want to eat anymore, because I was afraid that I might poison myself somehow.

I don't know the true meaning of happiness.

Our fans make the band. What they give we give right back. They're an integral part of us. They ARE us.

I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and it's all wrong in the book, and I giggle. It's funny.

The fans have been really incredible everywhere we've been. You want to make sure you put on the best concert of your life to show them how appreciative you are.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

Issues deals with the issues I had, the fears I had and it isn't a 'nice' album but fears and depressions are not particularly nice.

We're not trying to change the world; just music.

At first I was queasy; I'll never forget the sound of the scalpel cutting a body open. But it was so cool trying to work out how these people died.

I got problems. I freak out, go to a shrink, go through all kinds of therapy and stuff, but I'm learning how to deal with it. That's why I've chosen one hour a night to get all of my aggressions out. to really tell the world the way I feel.

When Family Values first started it felt like music was fresh and exciting. We want to recreate that same feeling for our fans, and offer them a full day of fun and some great music.

We're gonna bring in different songs and play for two hours. That's our new thing. We never played for two hours in our whole career. We thought we would die, but now when I get onstage, I want to do more. So it might be more, you never know.

Let's face it, ticket prices suck. Kids shouldn't be shut out of concerts. We wanted to see if we could do something about it, and our new deal gives us the chance to give something back.

so it's a really surreal kind of mind-twisting video.

I always felt like I was working for a record company. Now I feel like we have a true partner. I'm looking forward to this new chapter in our career.

He was a guy who really liked Sinatra, stuck at this alternative-rock radio station, ... So we had the character record his own versions of these (alternative) songs. That was the original inspiration for Cheese.

We went through a lot of drama this year with Head leaving, and getting off our label and making the album by ourselves. We funded the whole album and didn't know what we were going to do with it. By him leaving, we took tragic and turned it into an opportunity for us to create and be inspired.

Problems with my girl. Problems with my family. Business relationships. Friends. You name it.

It's exciting with the new elements there. We knew we wanted to do something different and over the top and not a typical Korn show, so we're doing new things.

It should be interesting. I can't wait to hear these songs acoustic, but a couple of them I wrote on acoustic guitar, so I know it'll translate. ... Hopefully fans will appreciate it. Some will hate it, but whatever. Who cares? We're gonna go for it. We haven't practiced, we're just showing up a couple of hours early and going for it.

It's basically a video with hip-hop stars playing us,

It kind of makes us get teary-eyed a little bit. It's because of all you coming and supporting us.

It was more atmospheric, a lot of just different sounds and everything going on that they brought into the picture. It's still a Korn sound but it's different. It's a new Korn ? heaviness I call it. It's very different from what we'd done before.

He's very conducive to getting ideas out there,

The determination was made by us and Prudential that this project was strong enough that we could go forward on a speculative basis,

I used to have 30 different species of tarantulas, as well as two Australian scorpions that are considered the deadliest in the world. If stung by one, a person would die in 30 minutes. But when I had kids I had to get rid of them, of course. Those were intense!

If you feel inside you are a woman, be a woman - no one can take that away from you, man. No one can make that feeling go away. If that's what you need to do to be complete, then no one has the right to tell you you can't do that.

I don't believe in organized religion - I dealt with them hand in hand, and a whole bunch of Catholic priests tried to molest me. Telling me I was gay and I should go home with them and stuff.

It's really cool to see glowsticks at the show, to see dance music culture infiltrating and becoming one with the metal community.

It seems like bands have stopped making timeless, great rock albums like they did back in the day.

I've been a fan of electronic music since the beginning.

It seems like a lot of music today is so churned out and simple.

I think people should be able to do what they want to do.

I'm a human being and every human being has problems.

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I feel like Obama's an Illuminati puppet.

I'm a big rock star, I got a beautiful girl, and they still call me a fag. Its' like high school never ends - the jocks are always on top.

I think there was a lot competition in the rock scene.

I'm a big David Lynch fan.

The White House used to be, everybody looked up at the White House and America and everything, and now I think it's like a house of shame.

The kids out there want something they can relate to, something that's real; most of that whiny stuff isn't real. The cheesy pop songs just bore me to death.

I love DJing, and I love rocking out.

It's the first time I've been cold for seven years. I was never cold playing rugby league.

Every day I've got to hear about unemployment and people starving.

Videos? Videos are important because millions of people watch TV and we can only tour and play so many places. But if you've got a video, then you're able to air it and millions and millions of people will see it.

Real friends stab you in the front.

I want to hold a CD I didn't burn. I hate burnt CDs.

When you live on the road, going home is a place to escape and just be with your family to unwind.

When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction.

Be yourself, let you come through.

I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play.

I've been on Prozac for 12 years and I'm off it now. I know what it feels like to be excited and sad again. I haven't felt like this in 12 years; I'm like a giddy little kid.

I think if two people love each other, they should be able to get married. That's pretty much simple.

I feel like Obama's an Illuminati puppet. He's basically dragged this country down into the worst it's ever been. Like I say about the White House, 'You've built this house of shame'. Everybody looked up at the White House and America and now I think it's like a house of shame. I miss the old days when people were proud to be American.