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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.
Chris Cornell
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Chris Cornell
Age: 52 †
Born: 1964
Born: July 20
Died: 2017
Died: May 17
Banjoist
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Seattle
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Christopher John Boyle
Christopher J. Cornell
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I feel like you're not a real musician or entertainer if you can't go into a room, pick up an instrument and entertain people.
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The freedom I have as a U.S. citizen is unparalleled. Despite the fact people may not like American passports, having that passport affords me more freedoms than any other passport could.
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My brother brought home 'At San Quentin' when I was about 7, and we played it over and over again.
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I got in touch with the creative process between the age of 14 and 16, mainly because I was alone so much.
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It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.
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If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that.
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I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music.
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Be yourself is all that you can do.
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I don't ever want something that I didn't do because I was afraid of it or I didn't think I'd be good at it - within reason. Obviously I'm never going to be able to play the trumpet.
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An acoustic show is all about you, and any little nuance or mistake is amplified.
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The words you say never live up to the words in your head.
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I'm looking California, And feeling Minnesota...
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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.
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In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it's really all about the brain.
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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.
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