43 Quotes by Jerry Cantrell

In '98, I locked myself in my house, went out of my mind and wrote 25 songs. I rarely bathed during that period of writing; I sent out for food, I didn't really venture out of my house in three or four months. It was a hell of an experience. The album is an overview of birth to now.

Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go together, kinda like Military Intelligence.

I've never been a big soloist; I just put in what needs to be there. I'm more of a rhythm player who plays lead - or tries to play lead.

I'm just thankful to have a tour and work something I can focus on.

To me not one thing is better than anything else, I'm completely proud of everything I've written and recorded.

Success has a lot to do with luck, but it also involves a lot of real hard work. The thing about success is you really can't gauge things by album sales.

Bands don't last. Bands don't last forever - it's a rarity when they do.

Every record that you do man, is sooo different in every way.

Every record, you've got more experiences to draw on as a writer and a musician.