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
There was a period in my life where most of my musical career was spent in a band that was very aggressive,… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
When I met my wife Vicky's family, I had to go out of my way to convince them, to show them, that… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
It just doesn't get any more stripped down than going out totally alone and doing songs. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
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
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
Oftentimes, especially in the context of an acoustic song, I'm motivated to write by some amount of melancholy. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
What formed me as a musician, a songwriter, the sound and personality of my band, a whole lot of that happened well… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
There are a handful of Soundgarden songs that work acoustically, but only a couple. It's not who we were. — 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 was going to be a musician, no matter what it took. I supported myself with blue-collared jobs so I could write… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I felt very proud to be part of a music scene that was changing the face of commercial music and rock music… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
A lot of people get into alternative music as part of their identity. It's something that isn't the mainstream, that their brothers… — 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
I have a hard time narrowing things down to ten or 12 songs. If I walk off stage in anything less than… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Radio and TV can still push a band, but things need to be shaken up. There is the Internet, but mostly what… — 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
I'm interested in where I'm going and the people I am there to see. Going to Cuba was a great example of… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
There was this moment when we made 'Superunknown': the Seattle music scene had suddenly ended up on an international stage with huge… — 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… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
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
