Chris Cornell Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• 'The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was instrumental in bringing in Indian music. Paul McCartney was a huge Little Richard fan. John Lennon was into minimalist aggressive rock.

  Chris Cornell

  Song, Writing, Rocks

• It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.

  Chris Cornell

  Song, Play, Singing

  FaceBook post by Chris Cornell from Oct 23, 2016

• 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

  Song, Coffee, Gone Away

• I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead vocals from behind the drums in different bands that I'd been in, and I'd gotten great responses for the songs I would sing. I really started pursuing the possibility of being a lead singer based on the fact that I was working a full-time restaurant job and then playing gigs at night, hauling drums around. One day, it just dawned on me that, 'Hey, I could be in a band and be the singer, and it would be a lot easier!'

  Chris Cornell

  Song, Jobs, Night

• Ever since I can remember I’ve had positive and negative fan reviews. And whether it was positive or negative it wasn’t always based in reality or what my perception of the music was. But judging from playing these new songs live and my feelings on the record [Scream] – and it’s a great record – there is definitely an audience for it. Also, I don’t really go to clubs so I don’t know what sounds are made there.

  Chris Cornell

  Song, Reality, Judging

• What makes that song, I think, is how stark it is.

  Chris Cornell

  Song, Thinking, Starks

  "Maybe Sincerity Is The New Punk': Chris Cornell On Embracing Space". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. September 13, 2015.

• Sometimes, if a song is written, in essence, to be that stripped down, it's very touchy when you start adding things, because even the smallest thing can have a huge impact. Somebody has to make the decision that there's a better song in there if there's less.

  Chris Cornell

  Song, Impact, Essence

  "'Maybe Sincerity Is The New Punk': Chris Cornell On Embracing Space". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. September 13, 2015.

• To me, music shouldn't be ego-driven. When you go out on stage and play songs, it is. But when you're sitting in a room, writing songs, it's a completely different process. It's a completely different place. It's a creative place, a musical place. It has nothing to do with who likes what.

  Chris Cornell

  Song, Writing, Play

• When that much time goes by, you're really listening to your old music differently. At the time it's written, it was the beginning of our career and with every song we're thinking, 'This is what's creating us.' Now, nothing is creating us. We're well-created. We're there. It becomes just pure pleasure and you become sort of an archeologist of your own music. You don't judge it, because what's the point? It's a 30-year-old song. It just becomes fun.

  Chris Cornell

  Song, Fun, Thinking

  Source: www.menshealth.com

• My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song.

  Chris Cornell

  Song, Kids, Singing

  "Interview: Chris Cornell on ‘Pearl Jam Twenty,’ reuniting Soundgarden and the impact of the Seattle music scene" by Kristopher Tapley, uproxx.com. October 05, 2011.

• Once you sit in front of people and start playing songs, it's all on you. No matter what happens, it's entirely your responsibility the entire time. I like that intensity.

  Chris Cornell

  Song, Responsibility, People

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