Chino Moreno Quotes

I grew up in the eighties; that’s probably why I like some of the earlier electronic from Kraftwerk to all throughout new wave and things like that.

Religion, in any form, is always interesting to me because of how powerful it is. Not even the religion itself, but to the people that follow it… The effect that it has had on people’s minds.

A big problem for me was opening for Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park, two bands that wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for me, straight up!

I don’t watch TV. In my spare time, if I have any, I want to make music.

Old Korn records had so much intensity.

I have a feeling a lot of the records I grew up listening to and the records I still like, as hard as musicians worked making them, I feel like they were really enjoying what they were going through. They weren’t just going through the process. You can tell that with certain things that you listen to.

I always enjoy rhythms and melodies, but I always use my voice as more of an instrument and less of a soapbox for me to say or to preach.

I love some electronic music. I’m not a big fan of dubstep, but there is so much good electronic music out there.

I think a lot of bands are influenced by religious symbolism and not even necessarily Christianity or Catholicism.

I’ve always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.

The Butcherettes are led by a female singer, and they’re sort of wild.

I grew up listening to so much different pop and stuff other than just aggressive music.

A lot of people deal with things that are bad. Once you’ve been through something, you grow from it and you take a lot in. You can always turn it into something positive.

A band like Depeche Mode would go out and record them hitting a trash can with a steel rod or something and recording it. And that would be one of their sounds of the drums. I love the creativeness of that kind of really raw sampling.

Deja vu is one of the weirdest things that happens to me. It boggles my mind.

When I see old friends, I’m very excited.

When you’re younger, you have a lot more aggression.

I just happened to wind up in a metal band when I was 15.