72 Chris Cornell Quotes for You to Enjoy

Chris Cornell

American Musician

Born: Jul 20, 1964

Died: May 18, 2017

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'Black Hole Sun' was written in a car when I was driving home from the studio one night. Pretty much everything that you hear was written in my head. Chris Cornell

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I think the Beatles is one band that, if I'm working on a song arrangement or if I have some idea for a song, and there's a little bit of a Beatles quality to it, I never avoid that. I always will steer into it. Chris Cornell

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When we've toured with Skid Row and G N' R, we probably turned a few people on to our music, but I get the feeling at one of those shows you might snag maybe 10 percent of the people out there. Chris Cornell

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A lot of people get into alternative music as part of their identity. It's something that isn't the mainstream, that their brothers and sisters don't know about, and that their parents don't like. It's something they can have as their own. Chris Cornell

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I'm a huge fan of film and always have been. Chris Cornell

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I remember as a kid that I was always physically fit. Chris Cornell

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There wasn't a key moment when I knew I wanted to quit. Chris Cornell

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There was no animosity in the breakup of Soundgarden. Chris Cornell

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I would look at older blues musicians who just keep going into their seventies. They keep doing it until they drop dead. And I've always felt like that's what I want to do. I've felt that since the day I was able to start playing music for a living. I don't see the point of thinking about retiring because it's not work to begin with. Chris Cornell

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I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be. Chris Cornell

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Once you sit in front of people and start playing songs, it's all on you. No matter what happens, it's entirely your responsibility the entire time. I like that intensity. Chris Cornell

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I'm not usually in a talkative mode. Chris Cornell

Talkative Mode

No matter what, I can't sound like John Lennon. But I can do Tom Jones. Chris Cornell

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I don't really go mountain biking per se, like a proper sport. Chris Cornell

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An acoustic show is all about you, and any little nuance or mistake is amplified. Chris Cornell

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When I started writing songs for Temple of the Dog, I went to my room with my acoustic guitar, and I was happy staying in that mode. It was more chordal based and more lyric driven. I enjoyed not making riff-based songs built around a guitar idea. Chris Cornell

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, did and some things won't ever work. Chris Cornell

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My brother brought home 'At San Quentin' when I was about 7, and we played it over and over again. Chris Cornell

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I think the concept of commercials, for example, I have had offers to do songs in different commercials, and it is not what I have liked. Chris Cornell

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I think that one of the main privileges of what I do, which I am just starting to learn, is to have the ability to travel all over the world and experience different cultures. Chris Cornell

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If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that. Chris Cornell

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