Always Quote by Chris Cornell

When Soundgarden formed, we were post-punk - pretty quirky.

— Chris Cornell

I don't want to hear from a band that pretty much sounds like another band. Oh I've heared this riff before, or I've heared…

— Gordon Raphael

Even though there's these songs and whoever the hell put it in the internet, if there's any good riffs in them, we raped the…

— Kerry King

When I go on and listen to the stuff on the websites, I can't tell, it all sounds like the same band, like they…

— Marnie Stern

I'm a huge fan of sing-songy lyrics and loud guitars. Whatever punk band does that gets a gold star!

— Kim Shattuck

Soundgarden are good friends of mine.

— Mark Lanegan

There are bands that make parodies of being in a band, like Spinal Tap. That's a big influence. They're making fun of a rock…

— Redfoo

I can't think of any punk who's put on an acoustic and hasn't just tried to sound like James Taylor.

— Buzz Osborne

There's nothing worse than a good video and good song, and you see a band and hate them because they can't perform. That's wack.

— Chuck D

There are a handful of Soundgarden songs that work acoustically, but only a couple. It's not who we were.

— Chris Cornell

I've literally been in sessions with producers, writing for other people, and they're like, 'We need a song for this artist, and we need…

— Kate Nash

Of Montreal's early releases were loaded with playful but confessional acoustic tunes, but the band soon embraced glam-rock's freakier side on albums like 'Hissing…

— Anthony Fantano