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title: "1 Rock Important Quotes By Chris Cornell"
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> [Hip-hop kind of absorbed rock in terms of the attitude and the whole point of why rock was important music. Young people felt like rock music was theirs, from Elvis to the Beatles to the Ramones to Nirvana. This was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/hip-hop-kind-of-absorbed-rock-in-terms-of-the-attitude-and-the-whole/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

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## More by Chris Cornell

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/i-ve-had-a-long-career-and-i-want-to-continue-to-have-a-long-career/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [Music is supposed to be inspired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/music-is-supposed-to-be-inspired/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/i-think-it-s-important-for-fans-to-know-that-but-if-i-m-doing/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/as-a-child-i-was-this-record-collector-listener-that-would-sit-in-a/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [When you start your first band and it has an impact on the rest of the world you go through a lot with those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/when-you-start-your-first-band-and-it-has-an-impact-on-the-rest-of/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it's really all about the brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/in-the-united-states-workouts-tend-to-focus-on-body-image-and-how-you/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/i-don-t-care-what-people-think-of-me-or-for-what-reason-they-think-of/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/i-would-look-at-older-blues-musicians-who-just-keep-going-into-their/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [I used to work in jobs I hated because I needed the money to buy a guitar. I know what it feels like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/i-used-to-work-in-jobs-i-hated-because-i-needed-the-money-to-buy-a/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/when-that-much-time-goes-by-you-re-really-listening-to-your-old-music/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/due-to-irresolvable-personality-conflicts-as-well-as-musical/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [It's good for me to be involved in different things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/it-s-good-for-me-to-be-involved-in-different-things/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead vocals from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/i-started-as-a-drummer-so-i-sort-of-took-on-singing-duties-by-default/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [And if you dont believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/and-if-you-dont-believe-the-sun-will-rise-stand-alone-and-greet-the/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

> [Companies figured out that the easiest way to make money was to reissue records that the accounting department had paid for years ago and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/companies-figured-out-that-the-easiest-way-to-make-money-was-to/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

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