Chris Cornell : (12)

" ‘Superunknown’ was one of the most dramatic shifts in what we were doing musically. I don’t think I realized it at the time. " - Chris Cornell

" The focus on my wife and my children, it really helps me make sense of the music side of it somehow. " - Chris Cornell

" In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it’s really all about the brain. " - 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. " - Chris Cornell

" I never wrote music or arranged songs or lyrics when I was under the influence of anything but coffee. That’s not gone away. " - Chris Cornell

" When Soundgarden formed, we were post-punk – pretty quirky. " - Chris Cornell

" No matter what, I can’t sound like John Lennon. But I can do Tom Jones. " - Chris Cornell

" The reason there’s no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn’t have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think. " - Chris Cornell

" I never felt bad about being lumped in with other Seattle bands. I thought it was great. " - Chris Cornell

" I had kind of a mean piano teacher. I went to Catholic school, so it was like the typical thing you would imagine – a little kid with a white-haired teacher frowning at the fact that I didn’t practice. " - Chris Cornell