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He's like one of my best friends in the world. Absolutely genuine guy, I swear on the bible.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden -
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 Soundgarden
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Criticism pretty much follows anything anyone ever does. So, anytime anyone ever writes a song, plays a show, or does whatever they do, there's going to be a certain amount of criticism because that's kind of what happens.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden -
I've always had a really difficult time with loss.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden -
Kerrang!: Clare Sharp from Glasgow would like to know what you thought of your mum's appearance in Kerrang! last August 1996 - predicting the future for ten rock stars?
Chris Cornell Soundgarden -
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 Soundgarden -
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 Soundgarden -
I think there needs to be a global focus on people taking care of people.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden
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Soundgarden was incredibly democratic, and I was really proud of that. I felt like we got along better than most bands we toured with and most people we knew. And at the same time, when you're that democratic and concerned with each other's opinions, you're always concerned with what the other people think.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden -
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 Soundgarden -
I never felt bad about being lumped in with other Seattle bands. I thought it was great.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden -
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 Soundgarden -
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 Soundgarden -
And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden
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They were my friends. Those guys were like The Monkees. They lived in this house all together... no joke, the whole band all together in the same house, and they were really fun. They were really young guys and they lived the real Rock life. Of course it all went horribly wrong later, but they were great.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden -
I never wrote music or arranged songs or lyrics when I was under the influence of anything but coffee. That's not gone away.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden -
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 Soundgarden -
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 Soundgarden -
A true musician, like Johnny Cash, should be able to walk into a room with nothing but an instrument and capture people's attention for two hours.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden -
I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles.
Matt Cameron Soundgarden
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The focus on my wife and my children, it really helps me make sense of the music side of it somehow.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden -
When you're young, playing drums is immediately satisfying 'cause whether or not you know how to play anything, the bottom line is that you're pounding on something, so you're happy about it.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden -
When I did the solo acoustic tour in 2010, I fell in love with that kind of performance.
Chris Cornell Soundgarden -
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 Soundgarden