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.

Led Zeppelin is just a bunch of stupid idiots who wrote cool riffs.

I'm not usually in a talkative mode.

At the end of the day it's the fans who make you who you are.

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.

My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song.

The words you say never live up to the words in your head.