Jerry Cantrell famous quotes

03-26-2025

One thing that you hope for when you want to be a musician is that you have that recognizable sound.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Musician #Sound #Want
Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Life #Healing #People
Our music's kind of about taking something ugly and making it beautiful.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Beautiful #Ugly #Kind
I didn't really know Kurt that well, but there was a guy I always admired. We didn't spend much time together, but the few times we did spend together, you know, were times I'll always remember. You know, he was a really sweet guy, and a really genuine soul, you know, and an incredibly talented artist.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Sweet #Artist #Guy
You feel different every day of your life. You just have to create your own space to survive, personally and professionally.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Space #Different #Feels
Playing for someone else's crowd is always difficult for any band.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Band #Crowds #Difficult
I've never been a big soloist; I just put in what needs to be there. I'm more of a rhythm player who plays lead - or tries to play lead.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Player #Trying #Needs
I can sing fine and I can play guitar fine, but put 'em together and it becomes a thoughtful effort.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Thoughtful #Guitar #Play
Bands don't last. Bands don't last forever - it's a rarity when they do.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Forever #Band #Lasts
Like everybody, I'm making up my life as I go along.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Making Up
I'm just thankful to have a tour and work something I can focus on.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Focus
I'm doing the best I can with what I got and that's all anybody in my band is doing.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Band
There's not a word that describes us. Weâ€™re not alternative, metal or grunge - weâ€™re not any of that. Weâ€™re just what we are.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Alternatives #Grunge #Metals
To me not one thing is better than anything else, I'm completely proud of everything I've written and recorded.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Proud
Times change and you have to adapt.
-- Jerry Cantrell
That's always been a dream for me, to be able to collaborate and make music with the people that inspired you to make music.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Dream #People #Able
I'm going to keep thinking about topping myself every time. I can say very confidently that Alice In Chains have done that on every record. It surprises me. I don't go in there expecting that, but I do go in there hoping for it.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Thinking #Done #Records
Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go together, kinda like Military Intelligence.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Military #Two #Together
Success has a lot to do with luck, but it also involves a lot of real hard work. The thing about success is you really can't gauge things by album sales.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Real #Hard Work #Luck
In '98, I locked myself in my house, went out of my mind and wrote 25 songs. I rarely bathed during that period of writing; I sent out for food, I didn't really venture out of my house in three or four months. It was a hell of an experience. The album is an overview of birth to now.
-- Jerry Cantrell

#Song #Writing #House

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