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Scott Stapp Quotes
A lot of [my] songs have a sexuality to them, a vibe to them. ... I call it sexy rock and roll.
Some stuff has hurt me along the way. And I've been self-destructive at times because of that, and I've made some bad choices because of that,
[Stapp told Billboard in March 2004 that he was working with producer 7 Aurelius, best known for his work with such hip-hop heavyweights as Nelly and Ja Rule.] It's Creed meets Zeppelin meets Doors with 7's (influence), ... So it's going to have some thump in the back and rock over the top of it -- but I'm not going to rap. I'm going to sing.
It's Creed meets Zeppelin meets Doors with 7's (influence). So it's going to have some thump in the back and rock over the top of it -- but I'm not going to rap. I'm going to sing.
I'm a huge NASCAR fan, ... I loved performing at the NASCAR awards banquet last year and I can't wait to sing the national anthem in November at the championship race in Homestead. It's a real honor to partner with NASCAR in promoting the cup challenge.
I'm a huge NASCAR fan, ... I loved performing at the NASCAR awards banquet last year and I can't wait to sing the national anthem in November at the championship race in Homestead. It's a real honor to partner with NASCAR in promoting the cup challenge.
You think it's part of your rock 'n' roll memories. I should have burned that tape.
No charges have been filed by the L.A. district attorney's office, and for that I am appreciative. I have said it before, but we all make mistakes, and the day will come soon enough where you no longer read of mine in the tabloids.
And it took me, since I was 17 and left home, running from God, to now, as a 30-year-old man, when I honestly feel like I've come full circle and my heart's finally in the right place.
But do you know I was never asked in 10 years if I was a Christian personally? We were only asked if Creed was a Christian band.
Creed was ended by egos and people wanting to do their own thing and poor decision-making.
Five years ago, I had a divorce that I didn't really want. I was so busy with Creed that I don't think I ever really dealt with that emotionally.
I always believed in God and Christ, but I was in rebellion - trying to make my relationship with God fit into my life instead of making my life fit in with him. I was stubborn.
I just hope it grows into where it was before because I want my son to see it. I want him to have a positive memory of it going forward, so he can be proud of his daddy.
I started making some proper decisions, getting things in order. It's kind of like cleaning up your house. I was looking for direction for what God wanted me to do - and that's when I got a call about The Passion.
I think everything worked out the way it was supposed to. Mark's happier. I'm sober. There are still phone calls to be made, people I need to say something to. But everyone from Creed who I've offended or hurt, I ask for their forgiveness.
I was emotionally and spiritually dried up, so I was just searching for God.
I'd fired anyone who was involved with Creed. I didn't want anything to do with the music business. The entire press and industry hated me, so what was the point?
I'd have called myself a struggling Christian who was trying to find holes in everything he had been raised to believe. I was a doubting Thomas.
I'm still going to make mistakes, but I don't have any problems with publicly professing my faith now. It just took me a long time to get to the right place in my relationship with Christ.
I've since learned that my life's never gonna be right, and I'm always going to be scrutinized and looked at under a microscope.
It just took all of that to come to a screeching halt, to get to the point of having nothing, for me to finally realize, Hey, what are you fighting with this for? Until then, I hadn't claimed my faith as my own; I had just grown up with it.
My dad always said I was hard-headed, that it would take something like that to wake me up spiritually, and I guess it did. My heart had gotten so beat up that I didn't have anything left to give.
Now, there are people that are Christian artists, because they have a purpose to be evangelical for Christ. I don't feel I've been called to that yet. Now, that could change. There's no telling what kind of call God will put on my life.