Total F*cking Godhead Quotes

“Chris Cornell. Thank you for the music. Thank you for the inspiration. Thank you for everything.”
― Corbin Reiff, Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell

“Because of the tragic way that Chris Cornell’s life ended, there’s a propensity to view his story as a tragedy. That would be a mistake. Chris Cornell lived his life to the fullest. He overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges time and time again in the pursuit of a dream too enormous to fathom. He used the tools at his disposal—his one-of-a-kind voice, his guitar, and his imagination—to craft era-defining music that many turned to time and again in moments of sadness, anger, joy, anguish, fear, doubt, and love. He lifted the hearts and minds of countless people from all walks of life on nearly every continent on the planet with his unique and unparalleled artistry. He did what he loved, and along the way created a musical legacy that will endure for generations. Chris Cornell kept his promise.”
― Corbin Reiff, Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell

“We were up against Limp Bizkit, one of the dumbest bands in the history of music,”
― Corbin Reiff, Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell

“therapist”
― Corbin Reiff, Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell

“No one sings like him anymore.”
― Corbin Reiff, Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell

“Chris’s eldest daughter Lily appears onstage and delivers a sage piece of wisdom her dad had imparted to her. “The most influential advice he gave me was that his success did not come from a desire for [success], it was more from a passion and an absolute love for what he did,” she said. “He reminded me often it was an added benefit, but that can never be the driving factor. My dad had a beautiful gift but the most important part of it was that he loved what he did, and he did it because he loved it.”
― Corbin Reiff, Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell

“Chris’s passing affected me in a profound way that other celebrity deaths never had before. It felt like part of my own past had just been ripped away.”
― Corbin Reiff, Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell

“I’ll never forget that terrible morning on May 18, 2017. I woke up just before seven o’clock and reached for my phone. The number of push notifications that greeted my tired eyes tipped me off that something unusual had happened. I quickly typed in the passcode and was rendered speechless by the terrible news. Chris Cornell was dead.”
― Corbin Reiff, Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell