I never wrote music or arranged songs or lyrics when I was under the influence of anything but coffee. That's not gone… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
The focus on my wife and my children, it really helps me make sense of the music side of it somehow. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
If I had a musical identity that was definable then it would be time to get into painting or something else. Race… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Bands work in a way where everyone, at some point, has to have a similar idea of how you do things. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
There's no way to be a 30-year-old band, go on tour, and pretend the nostalgia isn't happening. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
No matter what, I can't sound like John Lennon. But I can do Tom Jones. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
A lot of what attracted people to Nirvana was that they were like the people you went to high school with. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I think the Beatles is one band that, if I'm working on a song arrangement or if I have some idea for… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
If you're an American kid, you can't help but be influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the Rolling Stones because they're… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Once you sit in front of people and start playing songs, it's all on you. No matter what happens, it's entirely your… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
As a child, I was this record collector/listener that would sit in a room and listen to the entire Beatles catalog alone,… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
A true musician, like Johnny Cash, should be able to walk into a room with nothing but an instrument and capture people's… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
You can really walk around a song and completely, if it's a good song, look at it from a lot of different… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
That's the miracle of music. No one can reinterpret a Picasso, but a song can be remixed and covered and interpreted in… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
'Superunknown,' maybe more than most albums, didn't reveal itself to be what it was until the very end - literally until we… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Soundgarden signing to a major, then Mother Love Bone, and seeing the same happen to Alice in Chains. We were all suddenly… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I've always liked depressing music because a lot of times, listening to it when you're down can actually make you feel less… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
'The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Soundgarden was incredibly democratic, and I was really proud of that. I felt like we got along better than most bands we… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
You sometimes get the feeling that people think getting back together after a hiatus to write and record a record is work,… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Ever since I can remember I’ve had positive and negative fan reviews. And whether it was positive or negative it wasn’t always… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I've always felt like there's a certain amount of doing what I do, and performing and making records and doing interviews and… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I'm pretty critical, but I'm also pretty good at letting go once it's done. There's this existential argument that comes in, at… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I never thought of myself as being the singer that wanted to create an identity and then stick to that. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, especially in the context of an acoustic song, I'm motivated to write by some amount of melancholy. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I feel like you're not a real musician or entertainer if you can't go into a room, pick up an instrument and… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
When you have four guys in a room writing songs, it different. It's great - that's what makes a band a band.… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
'Spoonman' wasn't written for any album. It was just written for fun. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I learned to read music when I was 10 and did piano and took lessons. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
One thing that I have thought ever since Temple of the Dog is that I would never say no to an interesting… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
A band that makes records and tours is also a business. That's usually where a lot of disagreements come. It's four guys… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
When you break out the acoustic guitar, the words are the focal point unless you're the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar.… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I think it's important for fans to know that but if I'm doing something that inspires me musically then I think it… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I've had a long career and I want to continue to have a long career. The way to do that is not to go… — Chris Cornell Copy Share
I think it's important for fans to know that but if I'm doing something that inspires me musically then I think it will inspire… — Chris Cornell Copy Share
As a child, I was this record collector/listener that would sit in a room and listen to the entire Beatles catalog alone, over and… — Chris Cornell Copy Share
When you start your first band and it has an impact on the rest of the world you go through a lot with those… — Chris Cornell Copy Share
In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it's really all about the brain. — Chris Cornell Copy Share
I don't care what people think of me or for what reason they think of me. I don't feel like I don't know who… — Chris Cornell Copy Share
I would look at older blues musicians who just keep going into their seventies. They keep doing it until they drop dead. And I've… — Chris Cornell Copy Share
I used to work in jobs I hated because I needed the money to buy a guitar. I know what it feels like to… — Chris Cornell Copy Share
When that much time goes by, you're really listening to your old music differently. At the time it's written, it was the beginning of… — Chris Cornell Copy Share
Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing… — Chris Cornell Copy Share
I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead vocals from… — Chris Cornell Copy Share
And if you dont believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light. — Chris Cornell Copy Share
Companies figured out that the easiest way to make money was to reissue records that the accounting department had paid for years ago and… — Chris Cornell Copy Share
![“Ever since I can remember I’ve had positive and negative fan reviews. And whether it was positive or negative it wasn’t always based in reality or what my perception of the music was. But judging from playing these new songs live and my feelings on the record [Scream] – and it’s a great record –…” quote by Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/154/chris-cornell-2180_audience_ever-since-i-can-remember-i-ve-had-posit_2962307.jpg)
