Chino Moreno Quotes

If I weren't as tall as I am, I would've been a member of AC/DC.

Our parents are obviously proud, but they're still trying to get used to the fact that we're in a band. I have a feeling my mom would actually like One Direction if I wasn't in it!

I started out as a guitarist in the early '80s.

I forgive my mom for being a psycho and my dad for being a loser.

I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album 'New York Groove'.

King Crimson were the only really famous band I'd been in.

I'm very excited that my yelling will be featured on the next Evile disc; they're one of my favorite new-ish bands and, in my not-so-humble opinion, the British saviors of thrash metal.

The release of 'Chinese Democracy' marks a historic moment in rock n' roll.

When I watch my kids, and I see the primal level at which the sibling relationships are formed, then I completely understand what these unresolved adult sibling problems are based on. You know, 'Mom liked you better' and, 'You got your own room and I didn't.'

It's every teenager's dream to be in a band, tour the world and be famous.

We completed and released 'No Code' in 1996. We began some off and on touring for that release.

Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.

My favorite rocker is Go because it is heavy and chaotic.

When I started out, I wanted to be Billy Joel. The plan was to be a singer-songwriter of that ilk, and, then, I got waylaid - that's probably an unfair way to say it - from being a rock star by the musical theatre stuff, which I love doing.

I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

Christina Aguilera is an incredible musician and singer.

Somebody had given me a copy of 'Hunky Dory,' which had yet to be a hit, although it was starting to percolate. I'd seen a couple of pictures of David, with his interesting hairdo and outfits, and I decided to seek him out, which wasn't difficult back then, as he was eager to do any kind of publicity.

I really want to be just a singer-songwriter. That's who I am.

I love the band Haim. I would love to do something with them.

When I was around nine years old, I was a fan of Shaun Cassidy's first album.

It's actually one of my dreams to have my own album. My music genre is dark pop.

Later when I was in Mithibai College, Mumbai, I was a singer for a rock band.

My first album was called 'Badlands,' and it's something that I think I'm most proud of having done in my life.

I think it'd be fun to tour with Kiss just because Kiss is the reason I got into playing in a band.

Rob Zombie was White Zombie and I was Static-X. I wrote and produced everything.