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Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell
American Musician
Born: Jul 20, 1964
Died: May 18, 2017
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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 radio. Chris Cornell
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In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it's really all about the brain. Chris Cornell
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I actually think to some degree that people are down for longer shows with an acoustic show. Chris Cornell
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I think back to my childhood, and I remember running around as a kid. We were all running around then. It wasn't about getting into shape. It's just what we did. Chris Cornell
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I think my children are definitely musically inclined, and they show it, and they're exposed to a lot of it. And they're their own people, and I think easily they could do something musical, or they could do something in acting or film or other types of the arts, and I would fully support it. Chris Cornell
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If you wanna make money in music, you're better off being on the business end of it a lot of the time. And also as a musician, if you do make money, it means you had to bite and scratch and kick the whole way to not get ripped off, because at every corner, there's somebody there waiting to trip you up and take a bigger chunk. Chris Cornell
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There are a handful of Soundgarden songs that work acoustically, but only a couple. It's not who we were. Chris Cornell
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It just doesn't get any more stripped down than going out totally alone and doing songs. Chris Cornell
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I've always felt like there's a certain amount of doing what I do, and performing and making records and doing interviews and photo shoots and that, that are kind of a necessary evil of getting my music to people's ears to hear. Over the years, I've just become more tolerant of that. Chris Cornell
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There's something about that blind trust between Timbaland and me - two people that have almost nothing in common except for a love of music - that is really rejuvenating. Chris Cornell
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Being solo really lends itself to different interpretations - and everything is in the moment and on a whim. I never realised how far out you can go when you are by yourself. Chris Cornell
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When I did the solo acoustic tour in 2010, I fell in love with that kind of performance. Chris Cornell
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Bands work in a way where everyone, at some point, has to have a similar idea of how you do things. Chris Cornell
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A band that makes records and tours is also a business. That's usually where a lot of disagreements come. It's four guys who are musicians and don't really know much about business, but are very passionate and have very specific ideas. Chris Cornell
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Fans should be encouraged that I want to try different things. Chris Cornell
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Music is supposed to be inspired. Chris Cornell
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'Superunknown' was one of the most dramatic shifts in what we were doing musically. I don't think I realized it at the time. Chris Cornell
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I never felt bad about being lumped in with other Seattle bands. I thought it was great. Chris Cornell
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I rejected most of the folk I was exposed to in the Seventies. I came around later to Tom Waits, some parts of Jim Croce, and a lot of Cat Stevens. Chris Cornell
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One of the Robinson brothers from the Black Crowes turned me on to Nick Drake. Chris Cornell
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