36 Quotes by Chino Moreno

I grew up listening to so much different pop and stuff other than just aggressive music.

I love some electronic music. I'm not a big fan of dubstep, but there is so much good electronic music out there.

The Butcherettes are led by a female singer, and they're sort of wild.

I used to second guess myself all the time. I can sit there and work in circles when I'm nervous about what I'm doing.

I went to see Mogwai at the Fillmore, and that was both the loudest and quietest concert I've ever been to.

A chance to work with the guys from Isis sounded like a lot of fun. I've always been into the atmospheric sounds they had created with that project and felt my sense of melody would meld well with theirs.

I have this natural want to... when things sound very easy and straightforward, something inside me always makes me want to take a left turn. If it comes to me and it's too simple, there has to be a more complicated route. I will complicate things like that at times.

I learned how to play guitar by playing along to Jane's Addiction records and Smashing Pumpkins records, things you can totally hear if you listen to my guitar.

To write lyrics and sing stuff used to be a real chore for me, especially before this 'Diamond Eyes' record. I was spending years making records.