Chris Cornell Quotes

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• And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.
• If you're an American kid, you can't help but be influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the Rolling Stones because they're always on the…
• I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music.
• At the end of the day it's the fans who make you who you are.
• I don't think there are too many rock bands in history that can look at the beginning and middle and ending of themselves and see…
• Be yourself is all that you can do.
• Friends of mine that are from here or that have spent time here have told me about Israel and how warm the people are and…
• A true musician, like Johnny Cash, should be able to walk into a room with nothing but an instrument and capture people's attention for two…
• I can go from one extreme to another, from playing at the Sydney Opera House on the Songbook tour to shows with Soundgarden at Voodoo…
• 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 someone…
• I had to teach myself to let go of the conventional rock way of playing guitar and singing. Some things you wouldn't expect to work,…
• I don’t really go to clubs so I don’t know what sounds are made there,
• It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.
• There wasn't a key moment when I knew I wanted to quit.
• Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but…
• 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 a room, writing…
• Most frontmen are not born hams like David Lee Roth. We're more like Joey Ramone: awkward geeks who somehow find our place in the world…
• I never wrote music or arranged songs or lyrics when I was under the influence of anything but coffee. That's not gone away.
• My brother brought home 'At San Quentin' when I was about 7, and we played it over and over again.
• I play Texas Hold'em on my Blackberry. I have amassed a fortune on that. I have almost 30 million dollars from playing. It is unreal.

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