The best Quotes by Chris Cornell

There's sadness to anyone that dies before their time, and specifically ones that seem to affect people in a positive way. It doesn't matter if it's Whitney Houston or a nameless, faceless person on the street. That's just as big of a tragedy for me.

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 think Freddie Mercury is probably the best of all time in terms of a rock voice. There was a vulnerability to it, his technical ability was amazing, and so much of his personality would come out through his voice. I'm not even a guy to buy Queen records, really, and I still think he's one of the best.

One of the main dilemmas that's pretty common to a lot of people who are getting older is the idea that maybe there's a finish line and that maybe there's a time in your life when you start to slow down and stop and smell the roses and just kind of settle into what will be a comfortable period in your life.

And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.

Words you say
Never seem to live up to the ones inside your head
The lives we make
Never seem to ever get us anywhere but dead

Black hole sun, won't you come
And wash away the rain?

In my eyes, indisposed
In disguises no one knows
Hides the face, lies the snake
In the sun in my disgrace
Boiling heat, summer stench
'Neath the black the sky looks dead

Well, I just looked in the mirror
And things aren't looking so good
I'm looking California
And feeling Minnesota

Whatsoever I feared has come to light
And whatsoever I've fought off became my life
Just when every day seemed to greet me with a smile
Sunspots have faded, now I'm doin' time

I shot my love today, would you cry for me
I lost my head again, would you lie for me

The fire is spreading
And no one wants to speak about it

You can leave Detroit, but it will never leave you.

There's cities that get by on their good looks. Detroit has to work for a living.

Detroit turned out to be heaven, but it also turned out to be hell.

Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile.

I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker.

Why can't you compare Washington State and Florida?
Because it'd be like comparing apples and oranges.

One doesn't soon forget the natural beauty of Washington, although those of us who live here do sometimes take it for granted.

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Washington - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Someone will always be prettier.
Someone will always be smarter.
Someone will always be younger.
But they will never be you.

You don't need me to tell you what's gone wrong
You know what's going on
And it seems to me we've not cared enough
Or confided in each other at all
It seems like we've all got our backs against the wall

Time waits for nobody
Time waits for no one
We've got to trust one another
Or we'd have no more future at all

I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.

I always knew i was a star. And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.

All my lovers asked me why they couldn't replace Mary, but it's simply impossible. The only friend I've got is Mary and I don't want anybody else. To me, she was my common-law wife. To me, it was a marriage. We believe in each other, that's enough for me.

If I should die this very day
Don't cry, cause on earth we wasn't meant to stay
And no matter what the people say
I'll be waiting for you after the judgement day

Love is like a flower; even the most beautiful one dies eventually.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

This skull between my ears, that is a bad neighbourhood. I should not be in there alone.

Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny.

There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it.

It's better to burn out, than to fade away.

If you end up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.

Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.

Let's play it f*cking loud!

In her own good land here she's been abused
She's been burned, dishonored, denied an' refused
And the government for which she stands
Has scandalized throughout the land
And she's getting thread bare, and she's wearin' thin
But she's in good shape, for the shape she's in
Cause she's been through the fire before
And I believe she can take a whole lot more

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

You can't go through life and leave things the way they are. We can all make a difference, and if I die today, I know I made a difference.

I'm thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.