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Scott Stapp Biography

Anthony Scott Flippen (born August 8, 1973), also known as Scott Stapp, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician, known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of rock bands Creed and Art of Anarchy. He also has two solo albums: The Great Divide (2005) and Proof of Life (2013).

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There comes a point with any collaboration like that where you start having other interests creatively. I was moving in one direction musically, and as a guitar player, Mark wanted to move in another direction. That was essentially the reason we broke up.

Having, Moving, Musically, One Direction, Player, Start

When something like that happens, people want to try to find some dirt and make it more of a soap opera. But I think we both walked away with the door still open, if we want to do something together again. So yeah, I would call it a friendly break-up.

Break Up, Dirt, Doors, Friendly, Open, Thinking

Strip clubs are the only place the band can go if we want to have a drink. You're left alone because the last thing the people there care about is us.

People, Band, Care, Clubs, Place

The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didn't really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didn't want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasn't right.

Christian, Hypocrite, Latched, Life, Music, Struggle

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.

Appreciative, District, Longer, Mistake, Office, Soon Enough

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.

Faith, Long, Make, Mistake, Place

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.

Call, House, Looking, Order, 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.

Everyone, Everything, Forgiveness, Hurt, Think, Thinking

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?

Want, Creeds, Hated, Industry, Business

The story of my life is profoundly unclear. It is a rock-and-roll story and, at the same time, a story of my walk with Christ. The two are melded together in ways both unpredictable and unsure.

Christ, Life, Rock And Roll, Rocks, Two, Unsure

I wouldn't doubt it if the CIA is behind Alcoholics Anonymous.

Alcoholics, Alcoholics Anonymous, Cia, Doubt

I was raised in a climate where I believed in God because I was afraid of going to hell - and I didn't think that was the right way to fall in love with somebody.

Falling In Love, Thinking, Climate, Believed, Right, Somebody

My problems were not what ended Creed.

Creed, Creeds, Ended, Problem, Problems

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.

Come, Full, Heart, Home, Running, Took

Creed's sound is my sound.

Sound, Creeds

Sure I hear what people say. But the only opinions I care about are from the fans.

Care, Fans, Hear, Opinions, People

A lot of [my] songs have a sexuality to them, a vibe to them. . . . I call it sexy rock and roll.

Rocks, Sexuality, Sexy, Song, Vibe

You can sell millions of records, be showered with all this love and admiration and still feel despised and unwanted. That's what I felt. I've made a lot of mistakes I'm not proud of.

Mistake, Records, Proud, Love, Showered

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.

Claimed, Faith, Fighting, Hey, Point, Realize