What are the main influences on Pattons lyrics?
When asked “Where do they come from?” Patton replies: “They come from my head, my ass, my toilet, my pillow, places like that.” Q: “Do you have any particular influences when you write lyrics?” Patton: “Sure. Everything, absolutely everything. Its just like writing music. Sometimes you draw it from a particular source, sometimes you steal, sometimes you try and think back on how the hell did this start and you can’t think about it.” The first overall influence might be the popular director Stanley Kubrick. The connection can be seen in the following instances: In the Falling To Pieces video, Mike Patton dressed up like Alex from “Clockwork Orange”, a Stanley Kubrick movie. In Kubrick’s movie “Full Metal Jacket” a The First to Go, The Last To Know logo from the US Marine Corps appears. “Paths Of Glory” is an old Stanley Kubrick movie. The following examples are from books: “Homeboy” by Seth Morgan, contains this phrase: “Just got to where I had to run as fast as I could to stay in one p
