71 Chris Cornell Quotes for You to Enjoy

Chris Cornell

American Musician

Born: Jul 20, 1964

Died: May 18, 2017

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I've always liked depressing music because a lot of times, listening to it when you're down can actually make you feel less depressed. Also, even though a person may have problems with depression, sometimes you can actually be kind of comfortable in that space because you know how to operate within it. Chris Cornell

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One of the main dilemmas that's pretty common to a lot of people who are getting older is the idea that maybe there's a finish line and that maybe there's a time in your life when you start to slow down and stop and smell the roses and just kind of settle into what will be a comfortable period in your life. Chris Cornell

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There's sadness to anyone that dies before their time, and specifically ones that seem to affect people in a positive way. It doesn't matter if it's Whitney Houston or a nameless, faceless person on the street. That's just as big of a tragedy for me. Chris Cornell

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I think there needs to be a global focus on people taking care of people. Chris Cornell

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The idea of telling the story of the Armenian genocide - or, really, any other genocide - and repeating those stories is really important. I also think it's important to always be exposing the warning signs for what was leading up to it. Those tend to always be the same. Chris Cornell

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There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something that you get over. I don't believe there's a healing process. Chris Cornell

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Hip-hop kind of absorbed rock in terms of the attitude and the whole point of why rock was important music. Young people felt like rock music was theirs, from Elvis to the Beatles to the Ramones to Nirvana. This was theirs; it wasn't their parents'. I think hip-hop became the musical style that embraces that mentality. Chris Cornell

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I just kind of went into the blue-collar workforce at a really young age and discovered music, in terms of being a musician, around the same time. The good news is, I was probably 17 when I knew that's what I was going to do with the rest of my life, no matter what that meant. Chris Cornell

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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 about attempting to be normal and just go out and be around other people and hang out. I have a tendency to sometimes be pretty closed off and not see people for long periods of time and not call anyone. Chris Cornell

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You can really walk around a song and completely, if it's a good song, look at it from a lot of different angles. Johnny Cash with Rick Rubin illustrated that perfectly. Chris Cornell

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Children should always feel like the adults are living in this world to nurture them, to take care of them, to protect them from any bad thing that might come. Chris Cornell

I was going to be a musician, no matter what it took. I supported myself with blue-collared jobs so I could write music and be in a band and play shows. I even got into an underground art scene. I was going to do whatever. Chris Cornell

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I think Freddie Mercury is probably the best of all time in terms of a rock voice. There was a vulnerability to it, his technical ability was amazing, and so much of his personality would come out through his voice. I'm not even a guy to buy Queen records, really, and I still think he's one of the best. Chris Cornell

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I've always had a really difficult time with loss. Chris Cornell

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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 away. Chris Cornell

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Whenever anyone sends me a link to a band, saying, 'These guys sound exactly like Soundgarden,' it's always some super simple sludge riff with a singer that sings high and screechy. And it's really awful. Chris Cornell

Companies figured out that the easiest way to make money was to reissue records that the accounting department had paid for years ago and already made a profit. Chris Cornell

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The sense of anger I had when I was younger is something I thought would never go away. Over time, it's something you get almost bored with. Chris Cornell

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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 time you spend or the more you concentrate on certain aspects that that's going to produce a better result, especially in the arts. Chris Cornell

Some of the most brilliant things that someone might do could happen in three minutes because it's something that just occurs to them. And then, there's the example of really chipping away at something to create something great. I don't believe that one is more reliable than the other. Chris Cornell

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When you see a country take care of its people regardless of class, or how much money they make, or what color they are, that's pretty inspiring. Chris Cornell

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I'm interested in where I'm going and the people I am there to see. Going to Cuba was a great example of that, and the succession of going into Cuba, which is not a very easy place to get into, and playing music for people who have never seen a live rock concert outdoors like that. Chris Cornell

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'Spoonman' wasn't written for any album. It was just written for fun. Chris Cornell

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