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 started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you. — 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 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
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
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
You can really walk around a song and completely, if it's a good song, look at it from a lot of different… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
When you have four guys in a room writing songs, it different. It's great - that's what makes a band a band.… — 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
That's the miracle of music. No one can reinterpret a Picasso, but a song can be remixed and covered and interpreted in… — 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
Ever since I can remember I’ve had positive and negative fan reviews. And whether it was positive or negative it wasn’t always… — 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'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
