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Jerry Cantrell

(1966) Singer United States

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Jerry Cantrell is a singer from the United States, best known for Jerry Cantrell - Boggy Depot.

Quick Facts About Jerry Cantrell

Born: March 18, 1966
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer
Notable works: Jerry Cantrell - Boggy Depot

About Jerry Cantrell

Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead singer, and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to international fame in the early 1990s during Seattle's grunge movement and is known for its distinctive vocal style which includes the harmonized vocals between Cantrell and Layne Staley.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jerry Cantrell

Success has a lot to do with luck, but it also involves a lot of real hard work. The thing about success…

Albums

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Like everybody, I'm making up my life as I go along.

Life

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In '98, I locked myself in my house, went out of my mind and wrote 25 songs. I rarely bathed during that…

Experience

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Times change and you have to adapt.

Change

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I've never been a big soloist; I just put in what needs to be there. I'm more of a rhythm player who…

Bigs

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That's always been a dream for me, to be able to collaborate and make music with the people that inspired you to…

Able

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Bands don't last. Bands don't last forever - it's a rarity when they do.

Band

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To me not one thing is better than anything else, I'm completely proud of everything I've written and recorded.

One thing

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There's not a word that describes us. We’re not alternative, metal or grunge - we’re not any of that. We’re just what…

Alternatives

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Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.

Care

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I can sing fine and I can play guitar fine, but put 'em together and it becomes a thoughtful effort.

Effort

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I didn't really know Kurt that well, but there was a guy I always admired. We didn't spend much time together, but…

Art

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Every record that you do man, is sooo different in every way.

Different

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One thing that you hope for when you want to be a musician is that you have that recognizable sound.

Music

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Every record, you've got more experiences to draw on as a writer and a musician.

Draw

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When power ballads come back, we'll get big hair again.

Ballads

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Our music's kind of about taking something ugly and making it beautiful.

Beautiful

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I'm just thankful to have a tour and work something I can focus on.

Focus

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I've been a fan of Metallica and friends with those guys for a long time and that was just great - half…

Alice

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You feel different every day of your life. You just have to create your own space to survive, personally and professionally.

Different

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I'm doing the best I can with what I got and that's all anybody in my band is doing.

Band

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Playing for someone else's crowd is always difficult for any band.

Band

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In '98, I locked myself in my house, went out of my mind and wrote 25 songs. I rarely bathed during that…

Albums

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And when power ballads come back, we'll get big hair again.

Again

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I'm going to keep thinking about topping myself every time. I can say very confidently that Alice In Chains have done that…

Alice in chains

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