Chris Cornell Quotes

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Chris Cornell

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 20, 1964

It's about trying to step out of being patterned and closed off and reclusive, which I've always had a problem with. It's about attempting to be normal and just go out and be around other people and hang out. I have a tendency to sometimes be pretty closed off and not see people for long periods of time and not call anyone.

Chris Cornell

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

Chris Cornell

I remember hearing songs from the Mother Love Bone album, and hearing Alice in Chains, and feeling like this is more than just a fad or moment.

Chris Cornell

If you wanna make money in music, you're better off being on the business end of it a lot of the time. And also as a musician, if you do make money, it means you had to bite and scratch and kick the whole way to not get ripped off, because at every corner, there's somebody there waiting to trip you up and take a bigger chunk.

Chris Cornell

'Spoonman' wasn't written for any album. It was just written for fun.

Chris Cornell

I think my children are definitely musically inclined, and they show it, and they're exposed to a lot of it. And they're their own people, and I think easily they could do something musical, or they could do something in acting or film or other types of the arts, and I would fully support it.

Chris Cornell

There wasn't a key moment when I knew I wanted to quit.

Chris Cornell