Quotes by Chris Cornell

“That shit's really depressing to me. I couldn't watch it. You can't expect to live in some utopia where everybody plays music you like, but it's gotten to the point where noone's playing music you ...”

“I don't know how everyone else feels, but I definitely go through periods of extreme self-confidence, feeling like I can do anything. Perhaps a fan will sense that, like in a performance, and the h...”

“Somebody can sit at home and say, What does this guy have to complain about? But at the same time it's a comfortable chair to be sitting in and make those judgments. When all of a sudden you're suc...”

“Tighter and Tighter was actually written around the same time as Black Hole Sun. In fact, I did a demo with four songs on it to play for the band. Black Hole Sun, Sounds Like Days, Tighter and Tigh...”

“RockNet: Were you terribly uncomfortable at the recent Grammy Award Show?”

“Have you noticed how Lollapalooza isn't this multi-cultural, multi-sexual, multi-racial event at all? What Perry Farrell never admits is that it's just a slick rock concert with a good name and his...”

“Yes. I battle with that all the time. Let Me Drown is probably one of the most disturbing songs I've ever written. Usually, if I write lyrics that are bleak or dark, it usually makes me feel better...”

“Yeah, especially this postmortem trip when people die and then everybody writes about what they felt that person is going through. It's really surprising to me that anyone can think that they have ...”

“Not really. I don't even have enough time to pursue everything I want to do musically. Also, there's a lot of people out there who spend a lot of time trying to act, so I think most of the good act...”

“There's always a sense of camaraderie between bands. The only thing that I ever remember that starts to go outside of the normal healthy competition was when Kurt [Cobain] was slamming Pearl Jam. O...”

“Interview with Request Magazine, October 1994.”

“The title came from us being on the L.A. freeway about three years ago. I just started looking at the traffic and realizing there was such an array of vehicles, from Mexicans in f---ed-up Chevys wi...”

“On Limo Wreck by Soundgarden. Interview with Request Magazine, October 1994.”

“That Guns N' Roses video, the one with the dolphins in it [Estranged]. A big chunk of the video is Axl [Rose] coming out of this huge mansion on a hill with a bunch of servants wearing white and hi...”

“We were never looking for a different lifestyle. We weren't doing it for fast cars and big houses and there doesn't seem to be any regulation in terms of lots of model chicks following us around li...”

“Well, we haven't had what I would understand as the sort of sudden pressure that seems to screw a lot of people up. We've been under pressure for years. Most of the bands I can think of that have h...”

“I couldn't do it. I'd go there, and it just made me sick to think about sitting down and applying myself to the shit they were trying to teach me. Not that it's not useful. In a lot of ways, I regr...”

“I always had a knack for it [music]. I bought a drum kit for like 50 bucks, and within three weeks I was in a band. Not only was I in a band, but people were saying that I was really good. Being so...”

“Melody Maker: Did Andy Wood's death and then Kurt Cobain's affect your attitude to drugs?”

“Team Rock: Away from the band [Soundgarden], do you guys still hang out together?”