Soundgarden Quotes
-
The fans own the records and listen to them and love them. It becomes the soundtrack to some part of their lives, and we don't control that. To me, that's what's exciting about what we do.
-
'Superunknown' was one of the most dramatic shifts in what we were doing musically. I don't think I realized it at the time.
-
'The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was instrumental in bringing in Indian music. Paul McCartney was a huge Little Richard fan. John Lennon was into minimalist aggressive rock.
-
An acoustic show is all about you, and any little nuance or mistake is amplified.
-
When I met my wife Vicky's family, I had to go out of my way to convince them, to show them, that I wasn't anything like their idea of a musician.
-
At the end of the day it's the fans who make you who you are.
-
You can't always make out the words I sing with Soundgarden.
-
I've never been big into self-promotion. It's awkward for me. Just seeing my name on a T-shirt freaks me out.
-
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.
-
'Spoonman' wasn't written for any album. It was just written for fun.
-
I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music.
-
I play guitar because I like to make loud noises. And the guitar is the coolest way to make a loud noise.
-
I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead vocals from behind the drums in different bands that I'd been in, and I'd gotten great responses for the songs I would sing. I really started pursuing the possibility of being a lead singer based on the fact that I was working a full-time restaurant job and then playing gigs at night, hauling drums around. One day, it just dawned on me that, 'Hey, I could be in a band and be the singer, and it would be a lot easier!'
-
Audioslave was something that I felt had become a career decision. It became three albums over a period of years touring with a specific group of people.
-
I remember as a kid that I was always physically fit.
-
It's good for me to be involved in different things.
-
Guitar.com: he tone of Euphoria Morning is kind of melancholy.
-
What do you think Jesus would twitter, 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone' or 'Has anyone seen Judas? He was here a minute ago.'
-
Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavours.
-
I got a GED based on Catholic school seventh-grade education, really. I didn't make it that far.
-
Seattle very much benefited from this geography where it was a town nobody had really heard of in terms of a music scene. So we had that factor of being a new discovery.
-
Oftentimes, especially in the context of an acoustic song, I'm motivated to write by some amount of melancholy.
-
My brother brought home 'At San Quentin' when I was about 7, and we played it over and over again.
-
I've seen a lot of Pearl Jam shows, and the only reaction I've ever seen is the audience being completely supportive and loving every moment.