When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water. I like to ski, if I have the opportunity. But really, I like to go to my studio and write music that I want to write, where there's no pressure to come up with a hit single.

According to Dean DeLeo steps toward a Stone Temple Pilots reunion started with a simple phone call from Weiland's wife. Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop. In a November 2012 interview with Rolling Stone Weiland revealed that he is engaged to photographer Jamie Wachtel whom he met while filming the music video for his version of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" in 2011.

During a career spanning three decades Weiland is best known as the former frontman for the successful rock band Stone Temple Pilots as well as the supergroup Velvet Revolver from 2003 to 2008. He has also establiScott Weilandd himself as a solo artist releasing three studio albums a cover album and collaborations with several other musicians since 1998. While viewed as a talented and versatile vocalist Weiland's career has been plagued by substance abuse as well as several arrests.