American - Musician | July 20, 1964 - May 18, 2017
When you break out the acoustic guitar, the words are the focal point unless you're the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar. So the words have to have meaning.
Chris Cornell
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When you have four guys in a room writing songs, it different. It's great - that's what makes a band a band. Audioslave was great.
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Bands work in a way where everyone, at some point, has to have a similar idea of how you do things.
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A band that makes records and tours is also a business. That's usually where a lot of disagreements come. It's four guys who are musicians and don't really know much about business, but are very passionate and have very specific ideas.
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Audioslave was something that I felt had become a career decision. It became three albums over a period of years touring with a specific group of people.
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In the beginning of Audioslave, I was very honest. I said, 'We make great albums and write great albums - but don't be under the impression I'm going to be a lyricist that writes anything other than what strikes me as inspiring in the moment.' The lyrics weren't going to be focused politically.
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A lot of what attracted people to Nirvana was that they were like the people you went to high school with.
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Fans should be encouraged that I want to try different things.
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I don't listen to Beyonce or Jennifer Hudson records.
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It's good for me to be involved in different things.
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I never look back, ever. I'm always looking ahead, working on the next thing.
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'Superunknown' was one of the most dramatic shifts in what we were doing musically. I don't think I realized it at the time.
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