Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell
Chris Cornellis an American singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter and rhythm guitarist for Seattle rock band Soundgarden and as former lead vocalist and songwriter for the supergroup Audioslave. He is also known for his numerous solo works and soundtrack contributions since 1991, and as founder and frontman for Temple of the Dog, the one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend Andrew Wood...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth20 July 1964
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
I've had a long career and I want to continue to have a long career. The way to do that is not to go away.
Maybe sincerity is the new punk. But to me, I think I have to connect with something emotionally, on some level, or I don't care about it. And if I don't care about it, then I don't think anyone listening to it will, either.
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 I was maybe nine years old, I listened to the entire Beatles catalogue, non-stop, for about a year,
I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music.
And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.
And I'm lost behind The words I'll never find And I'm left behind As seasons roll on by
The words you say never live up to the words in your head.
I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.
Most frontmen are not born hams like David Lee Roth. We're more like Joey Ramone: awkward geeks who somehow find our place in the world on the stage.
I think it's important for fans to know that but if I'm doing something that inspires me musically then I think it will inspire someone else too.
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,
I'm not usually in a talkative mode.
I think that one of the main privileges of what I do, which I am just starting to learn, is to have the ability to travel all over the world and experience different cultures.