Quotes from Chris Cornell

That's the miracle of music. No one can reinterpret a Picasso, but a song can be remixed and covered and interpreted in an infinite number of ways. It's a living thing.

When you become a parent, you leave a lot of things behind and refocus, maybe on how simple life really is and what few things there really are to worry about. And everything else can go by the wayside.

When you're young, playing drums is immediately satisfying 'cause whether or not you know how to play anything, the bottom line is that you're pounding on something, so you're happy about it.

Children should always feel like the adults are living in this world to nurture them, to take care of them, to protect them from any bad thing that might come.

When you see a country take care of its people regardless of class, or how much money they make, or what color they are, that's pretty inspiring.

I think there needs to be a global focus on people taking care of people.

I'm not usually in a talkative mode.

There's no way to be a 30-year-old band, go on tour, and pretend the nostalgia isn't happening.

I actually think to some degree that people are down for longer shows with an acoustic show.

I wasn't good in school. I didn't do sports. I sat in the bedroom and listened to records. Because the Beatles did whatever they wanted to, I took that as a kid and said, 'That's what rock is.'

Being solo really lends itself to different interpretations - and everything is in the moment and on a whim. I never realised how far out you can go when you are by yourself.

For years, I wasn't feeling good about myself. My head wasn't clear. I was doing nothing productive.

It's good for me to be involved in different things.

Fans should be encouraged that I want to try different things.

Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, and Silverchair are taking the simplest elements of Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam and melding them into one homogenous thing.

One thing that I have thought ever since Temple of the Dog is that I would never say no to an interesting collaboration, and that's partly where Audioslave came from.

When I started writing songs for Temple of the Dog, I went to my room with my acoustic guitar, and I was happy staying in that mode. It was more chordal based and more lyric driven. I enjoyed not making riff-based songs built around a guitar idea.

I don't really go mountain biking per se, like a proper sport.

I'm looking California, And feeling Minnesota...

When you start your first band and it has an impact on the rest of the world you go through a lot with those guys and you become very protective of that legacy.

At the end of the day it's the fans who make you who you are.

Rock never meant the same thing to everyone, but when I was growing up in the late seventies, everyone could identify the five, ten bands that formed the center.

I have a hard time narrowing things down to ten or 12 songs. If I walk off stage in anything less than two hours, it just feels strange. It feels early.

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.