When I started writing songs for Temple of the Dog, I went to my room with my acoustic guitar, and I was happy staying in that mode. It was more chordal based and more lyric driven. I enjoyed not making… — 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. So the words have to have meaning. — 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 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 will inspire… — 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, over and… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 beginning of our career and with every song we're thinking, 'This is what's creating us.' Now, nothing is creating us. We're well-created. We're there. It becomes just pure pleasure and you become sort of an archeologist of your… — 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 Image
