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Paul Gray Quotes

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“I listened to Chili Peppers, lots of funk and jazz players…Lots of Bootsy Collins stuff, so I tried to learn as much as I could.”
— Paul Gray, Previously-unpublished Paul Gray(Slipknot) interview
Tagged: Red Hot Chili Peppers, bootsy collins, Bass, slipknot
“I don’t see us being like the freaking Rolling Stones or some shit [laughs], but I could definitely see us playing for a while longer, definitely.”
— Paul Gray, Interview with Slipknot bassist Paul Gray
Tagged: slipknot, rolling stones
“We’re definitely trying to get everywhere we can, from the Middle East to...we have a lot of fans in the Middle East believe it or not, but there are just some places you can’t go. And you know, it’s not because we don’t want to, it’s because we can’t go, you know, political stuff.”
— Paul Gray, Interview with Slipknot bassist Paul Gray
Tagged: Middle East, Fans, slipknot, Politics
“You know what, some of my favorite bass lines are the simplest ones ever. It's weird but I love the bass line in Van Halen's 'Running With The Devil' in open fucking E. Now, I appreciate any player who can lay down a solid bass groove, like Cliff Williams from AC/DC. Or Maiden's Steve Harris, who does all kinds of amazing stuff and who is completely different to Cliff.”
— Paul Gray, Previously-unpublished Paul Gray(Slipknot) interview
Tagged: van halen, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Bass
“I think I started playing bass in 1990, which is what? 19 years ago…Wow, I'm getting old! Actually I played guitar first—hang on, my sunglasses are totally fucking up here—I played guitar first and never picked up a bass, wasn't interested in it at all. Then I moved to Iowa and I didn't have any friends there, I didn't know anybody, and I was in this music store and I overheard this dude talking about needing a bass player…”
— Paul Gray, Previously-unpublished Paul Gray(Slipknot) interview
Tagged: Bass, bass players, slipknot, Iowa
“I mean we have the best fans in the world. With the way things are going now with the economy and everything like that, I mean to come out and spend money to see a band is kind of hard to justify all the time, you know what I mean? We did well everywhere we played man, we actually played the biggest shows we’ve ever done on this tour so it’s pretty amazing. We’re kind of in awe you know, we’re totally just, what’s the word I’m looking for...thankful and grateful to our fans for sticking by us.”
— Paul Gray, Interview with Slipknot bassist Paul Gray
Tagged: Fans, slipknot
“I mean there was a lot of weird memories on this tour, I guess some drunken tour memories, just ridiculous stuff. I mean the funniest one I think, I mean I don’t know, this tour we were pretty serious about it, we had a good time but I guess some of the drunken after show parties were pretty hilarious, people stumbling around and passing out....You know if someone passes out, we’ll light them on fire. [laughs] We had a lot of crap on tape, you don’t want to go down, if you’re drinking with the band you better stay awake.”
— Paul Gray, Interview with Slipknot bassist Paul Gray
Tagged: slipknot, Touring, on the road
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