Chris Cornell : (9)

" 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

" I play Texas Hold’em on my Blackberry. I have amassed a fortune on that. I have almost 30 million dollars from playing. It is unreal. " - Chris Cornell

" Obviously, I want my kids to be happy, and I believe that they can be super successful at whatever they want to do, but don’t make the successful part more important than the process of doing it. Especially if it’s an artistic endeavor. " - Chris Cornell