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 More Quotes by Chris Cornell More Quotes From Chris Cornell And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light. Chris Cornell lightnightbelieve The words you say never live up to the words in your head. Chris Cornell words-you-say I think that sometimes almost the bigger tragedy in a weird way is all of the future imagined creative projects that could have happened that didn't. I feel the same way about lots of brilliant people who die young, kind of senselessly especially. Chris Cornell creativepeoplethinking Be yourself is all that you can do. Chris Cornell being-yourselfcan-do I used to work in jobs I hated because I needed the money to buy a guitar. I know what it feels like to be depressed. On the other hand, I also know what it feels like to have money, to be successful, to be independent, but I can tell you that money and success never solve your problems. Chris Cornell independentsuccessfuljobs And I'm lost behind Chris Cornell left-behindbehindslost 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. Chris Cornell creatingentertainmentthinking People don't realize how much fun it is to be depressed. Chris Cornell realizingfunpeople There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something that you get over. I don't believe there's a healing process. Chris Cornell healingbelievepeople I don't think there are too many rock bands in history that can look at the beginning and middle and ending of themselves and see what I see when I think of Soundgarden. I think from the beginning through the middle and the end it was such a perfect ride and such a perfect legacy to leave. Chris Cornell rocksperfectthinking She gives the night its dreams. Chris Cornell expressiondreamnight I would hope that the future would have an international community that's not just bent on commerce, but that's focused on refugees, of all kinds and from all places. We don't know that won't happen in the U.S. someday. It literally could be a crisis from climate change, or anything. I think there needs to be a global focus on people taking care of people. Chris Cornell focuspeoplethinking 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. Chris Cornell adultschildrenworld 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.' Chris Cornell stonesjesusthinking I'm pretty critical, but I'm also pretty good at letting go once it's done. There's this existential argument that comes in, at some point, when you're over-thinking the songwriting process. There's no guarantee that the more time you spend or the more you concentrate on certain aspects that that's going to produce a better result, especially in the arts. Some of the most brilliant things that someone might do could happen in three minutes because it's something that just occurs to them. Chris Cornell doneletting-goart Everybody is influenced by someone. Chris Cornell 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 responsibilitysongpeople I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music. Chris Cornell voicecharacter It isn't necessary to be an untouchable rock-icon guy surrounded by bodyguards and be ushered in and out and have everyone do everything for you. It isn't necessary to change the way you present your band to the public just because you're successful. That happened a lot in the '80s: there was a school of thought that said people would like you more if you acted like you were the unattainable star. Chris Cornell successfulpeopleschool Any way that you can get the end result is valid, whatever it takes. Chris Cornell whatever-it-takes
