Chino Moreno

Old Korn records had so much intensity.

— Chino Moreno

I love some electronic music. I'm not a big fan of dubstep, but there is so much good electronic music out there.

— Chino Moreno

I want to talk about my band, you know what I mean? I don't want to talk about other bands.

— Chino Moreno

I always enjoy rhythms and melodies, but I always use my voice as more of an instrument and less of a soapbox…

— Chino Moreno

I have this natural want to... when things sound very easy and straightforward, something inside me always makes me want to take…

— Chino Moreno

I learned how to play guitar by playing along to Jane's Addiction records and Smashing Pumpkins records, things you can totally hear…

— Chino Moreno

I used to second guess myself all the time. I can sit there and work in circles when I'm nervous about what…

— Chino Moreno

I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.

— Chino Moreno

When I see old friends, I'm very excited.

— Chino Moreno

When you're younger, you have a lot more aggression.

— Chino Moreno

I've always had a deep passion for a lot of early electronic and sampled music.

— Chino Moreno

I went to see Mogwai at the Fillmore, and that was both the loudest and quietest concert I've ever been to.

— Chino Moreno

Deja vu is one of the weirdest things that happens to me. It boggles my mind.

— Chino Moreno

I have a feeling a lot of the records I grew up listening to and the records I still like, as hard…

— Chino Moreno

Anything I do with Team Sleep, I'd do with Deftones as well.

— Chino Moreno

I think a lot of bands are influenced by religious symbolism and not even necessarily Christianity or Catholicism.

— Chino Moreno

To write lyrics and sing stuff used to be a real chore for me, especially before this 'Diamond Eyes' record. I was…

— Chino Moreno

I grew up in the eighties; that's probably why I like some of the earlier electronic from Kraftwerk to all throughout new…

— Chino Moreno

As a kid growing up in a lower-class neighbourhood, where everyone around me was listening to hip hop, what was I doing…

— Chino Moreno

I don't watch TV. In my spare time, if I have any, I want to make music.

— Chino Moreno

For me, the best part of being in a band is playing shows, all the raw energy.

— Chino Moreno

The Butcherettes are led by a female singer, and they're sort of wild.

— Chino Moreno

As Korn go on, it's the same things - bad childhoods and mean moms. It gets too old after a while. How…

— Chino Moreno

A big problem for me was opening for Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park, two bands that wouldn't exist if it weren't for…

— Chino Moreno

Some of my favourite things about Deftones are the dynamics. Yes, we're a heavy band, but we're not just in-your-face aggro the…

— Chino Moreno