Jerry Cantrell quotes

Jerry Cantrell is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and guitarist, best known as the founder and lead guitarist of the rock band Alice in Chains. His dark, melodic guitar style and harmonized vocals have had a profound influence on the grunge and alternative metal genres. He continues to be celebrated for his songwriting and contributions to rock music. Here are 27 of his quotes:

Times change and you have to adapt.

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And when power ballads come back, we'll get big hair again.

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Our music's kind of about taking something ugly and making it beautiful.

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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.

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

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You feel different every day of your life. You just have to create your own space to survive, personally and professionally.

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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.

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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.

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Like everybody, I'm making up my life as I go along.

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Bands don't last. Bands don't last forever - it's a rarity when they do.

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I can sing fine and I can play guitar fine, but put 'em together and it becomes a thoughtful effort.

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Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go together, kinda like Military Intelligence.

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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.

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Jerry Cantrell speaking with the crowd during Alice in Chains' concert at the InMusic Festival in Zagreb, Croatia on June 27, 2018, quoted in.

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Liner notes, Music Bank box set, 1999.

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When asked if he gets advice from other musicians, quoted in.

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When asked what part did Alice in Chains played in his life during his solo career.

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On continuining Alice in Chains after Layne Staley's death.

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On the religious themes of The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here.

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On Nirvana being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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

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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.

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