Top 48 Quotes by Chris Cornell

I think the concept of commercials, for example, I have had offers to do songs in different commercials, and it is not what I have liked.

A true musician, like Johnny Cash, should be able to walk into a room with nothing but an instrument and capture people's attention for two hours.

What do you think Jesus would twitter, 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone' or 'Has anyone seen Judas? He was here a minute ago.'

I had to teach myself to let go of the conventional rock way of playing guitar and singing. Some things you wouldn't expect to work, did and some things won't ever work.

If you're an American kid, you can't help but be influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the Rolling Stones because they're always on the radio.

And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.

Radio and TV can still push a band, but things need to be shaken up. There is the Internet, but mostly what I see there is little kids on YouTube playing music.

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.

What formed me as a musician, a songwriter, the sound and personality of my band, a whole lot of that happened well before 1991.

An acoustic show is all about you, and any little nuance or mistake is amplified.