I rejected most of the folk I was exposed to in the Seventies. I came around later to Tom Waits, some parts… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I remember hearing songs from the Mother Love Bone album, and hearing Alice in Chains, and feeling like this is more than… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I had kind of a mean piano teacher. I went to Catholic school, so it was like the typical thing you would… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Sometimes, if a song is written, in essence, to be that stripped down, it's very touchy when you start adding things, because… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
To a degree, rock fans like to live vicariously and they like that, music fans in general, but when indie music sort… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
To me, music shouldn't be ego-driven. When you go out on stage and play songs, it is. But when you're sitting in… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
In the beginning of Audioslave, I was very honest. I said, 'We make great albums and write great albums - but don't… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
When that much time goes by, you're really listening to your old music differently. At the time it's written, it was the… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I don't think there are too many rock bands in history that can look at the beginning and middle and ending of… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
If you wanna make money in music, you're better off being on the business end of it a lot of the time.… — 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
