Rob Zombie – HuffPost 7.23.12

Mike Ragogna: Rob, do you have any advice that you’d like to offer to new artists?

Rob Zombie: My advice for new artists is never do this. (laughs) No, the main thing that I would tell anyone is that you have to do what you love. Don’t take the advice of your manager, your label, or your booking agent…do what you love. I’ve heard quite a few people say that they followed the advice of their manager or their label and changed their image or their music in some way, and now they say they’re f**ked. But you have no one to blame but yourself. I hate when I hear grown men complain that they were somehow the puppets of their label. You don’t have to do anything. Do what you want to fucking do. It won’t always work, but at least if you fail, then you failed doing what you wanted to do and vice versa. That’s my advice. I see a lot of bands that get manipulated because they’re trying so hard to have a hit song, make a lot of money, or become famous. Once you focus on any of those things, you’re going to screw yourself. Be the artist that you want to be and the rest will fall into place.