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… — 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
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
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
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
Definitely, when you get into something where bands are playing for 30,000 people, it's not like the post-punk, U.S. independent scene. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I really had to come to the conclusion, the sort of humbling conclusion that, guess what, I'm no different than anybody else:… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I actually think to some degree that people are down for longer shows with an acoustic show. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I think there needs to be a global focus on people taking care of people. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
When you see a country take care of its people regardless of class, or how much money they make, or what color… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
My favorite Bob Dylan record is the very first one where he sings one Bob Dylan song and the rest of them… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I would hope that the future would have an international community that's not just bent on commerce, but that's focused on refugees,… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I think that sometimes almost the bigger tragedy in a weird way is all of the future imagined creative projects that could… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
When we've toured with Skid Row and G N' R, we probably turned a few people on to our music, but I… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I always looked at rock & roll as the voice of regular people, of an economic group not in charge. — 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
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
I think my children are definitely musically inclined, and they show it, and they're exposed to a lot of it. And they're… — 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
It's about trying to step out of being patterned and closed off and reclusive, which I've always had a problem with. It's… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something that you get over. I don't believe there's a healing… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
It isn't necessary to be an untouchable rock-icon guy surrounded by bodyguards and be ushered in and out and have everyone do… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Audioslave was something that I felt had become a career decision. It became three albums over a period of years touring with… — 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