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
A band that makes records and tours is also a business. That's usually where a lot of disagreements come. It's four guys… — 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.… — 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… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Soundgarden signing to a major, then Mother Love Bone, and seeing the same happen to Alice in Chains. We were all suddenly… — 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
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 don't think there are too many rock bands in history that can look at the beginning and middle and ending of… — 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
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'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead vocals from… — Chris Cornell Copy Share
And if you dont believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light. — Chris Cornell Copy Share
Companies figured out that the easiest way to make money was to reissue records that the accounting department had paid for years ago and… — Chris Cornell Copy Share