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Scott Stapp, born on August 8, 1973, is an American musician best known for his role as the lead vocalist of the rock band Creed. The band achieved significant success in the late 1990s and early 2000s with their album 'The Creed'. Stapp's musical career has been marked by personal struggles and legal issues, but he has maintained a presence in the music industry.

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“Creed's sound is my sound.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“I had a psychotic break that was brought on by alcohol and drug abuse.”

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“I remember desperately trying to convince my wife that what I was believing was real - that I was being followed, that I was involved in some type of mind-control experiment. I couldn't understand why she couldn't believe me.”

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“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.”

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“I hear a thunder in the distance; see a vision of the cross. I feel the pain that was given on a sad day of loss. Only He holds the key: a light to free me from my burden and grant me life eternally.”

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Book:Sinner's Creed

Source: Sinner's Creed

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

Song Rocks Sexy Sexuality Rock And Roll

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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

People Care Opinion Fans I Care

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“I was a Christian in Creed, but nobody ever asked me.”

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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.”

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“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.”

Faith Fighting Realizing My Own Hey Halt

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“Creed was ended by egos and people wanting to do their own thing and poor decision-making.”

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“I was emotionally and spiritually dried up, so I was just searching for God.”

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“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?”

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“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.”

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“My problems were not what ended Creed.”

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

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Born: August 8, 1973
Known for: Musician
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