The first time I ever went to Hawaii, I was listening to island music, thinking, 'I could've been born here, and I'm… — 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
The sense of anger I had when I was younger is something I thought would never go away. Over time, it's something… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I came from a childhood where I spent a lot of time alone and a lot of time just living with my… — 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
I've always liked depressing music because a lot of times, listening to it when you're down can actually make you feel less… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
There's this existential argument that comes in, at some point, when you're over-thinking the songwriting process. There's no guarantee that the more… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
When I was eight, my piano teacher played seven or eight notes, and I sang them. She stopped and looked at me… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I think Freddie Mercury is probably the best of all time in terms of a rock voice. There was a vulnerability to… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I just kind of went into the blue-collar workforce at a really young age and discovered music, in terms of being a… — 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
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
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
Friends of mine that are from here or that have spent time here have told me about Israel and how warm the… — 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
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
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
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
'Superunknown' was one of the most dramatic shifts in what we were doing musically. I don't think I realized it at the… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
“We are neighbors in a modern world where proximity is relative and the threshold to our hearts moves outside time and space.” — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Being solo really lends itself to different interpretations - and everything is in the moment and on a whim. I never realised… — 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
If you are trying to think ahead musically, it is not going to help you. It is better to ignore what is… — 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
One of the main dilemmas that's pretty common to a lot of people who are getting older is the idea that maybe… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
There's sadness to anyone that dies before their time, and specifically ones that seem to affect people in a positive way. It… — 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
They're a great audience, kids. They actually respond. They don't have the references that adults have, so everything is immediate. It's always… — 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
