Chris Cornell Quotes

I like what Dumbfoundead and Awkwafina are doing, but I think I'm just trying to do something different.

I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted it to look and sound different with each album, which is really tantamount to suicide, cause people lose it, they lose it - they say: 'I like that, and that's not this.'

I'm so happy people are seeing the eclectic side of me. I'm really honored to be able to push my voice into different sounds. Otherwise it all gets a bit samey same.

Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.

I think it's healthy to have a lot of different styles within a genre. It makes it much more interesting.

I didn't want to box it in or say this show caters to this type of person... I think the tide of music is changing. We don't have to worry about rules. We should just do what feels good.

Portugal. The Man, to me, doesn't have any real ties. We try to change things up with every album, really progress, and let things happen.

As an artist, you tend to gravitate to the opposite. I know, when I finish a song or an album, I'm interested in doing something completely new. It doesn't always happen, but that's the idea. My poor fans - I don't know if they love that or hate that.

Our music is constantly evolving and changing, and when this band put out an album we always try to offer something different.

I don't like to write the same song twice.

I like to change and switch it up. I don't want to sound like anybody else or sound the same. I always have to reinvent myself.

We don't to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup. You want to change things and say something fresh and new so you appeal to people as a new group.

I can't re-define music every week!

I'm proud that with 'Bright Eyes' we've always experimented and tried to make a different record every time out.

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.

I don't ever try to make a song better than my last song. I just try to make it different from my last one.

You'll find little schools of musicians experimenting with different ways of making music in Brooklyn, all through Manhattan, in Queens, in Jersey, you know? The city is still bubbling with creativity.

I think that the things that are interesting sometimes, when you're striving for a sound, you just get it wrong 'cause of your own limitations. That's when you get something kind of original.

I never thought that I would be creating my own 'cross-over' genre. What I did was very real and organic. I have worked in so many different styles so it all just came together.

Creatively I just enjoy challenging myself in different genres.

No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.

I love reinventing my music and myself as well, and that's something my fans love about me.

I got to realizing that I wanted to record, I wanted to experiment. And doing those same old songs the same old way - I said, 'I think it's time for me to have some fun.'

I only have one note, let's be honest. But I'll play a different version of that one note.