223 Quotes by Chris Cornell

Whenever anyone sends me a link to a band, saying, 'These guys sound exactly like Soundgarden,' it's always some super simple sludge riff with a singer that sings high and screechy. And it's really awful.

When you become a parent, you leave a lot of things behind and refocus, maybe on how simple life really is and what few things there really are to worry about. And everything else can go by the wayside.

One of the Robinson brothers from the Black Crowes turned me on to Nick Drake.

I don't listen to Beyonce or Jennifer Hudson records.

I think the Beatles is one band that, if I'm working on a song arrangement or if I have some idea for a song, and there's a little bit of a Beatles quality to it, I never avoid that. I always will steer into it.

There's no way to be a 30-year-old band, go on tour, and pretend the nostalgia isn't happening.

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.

I never thought of myself as being the singer that wanted to create an identity and then stick to that.

I've always had a really difficult time with loss.