Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Kim Thayil

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Kim Thayil.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Kim Anand Thayil is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of the Seattle-based rock band Soundgarden, which he co-founded with singer Chris Cornell and bassist Hiro Yamamoto in 1984. Cornell and Thayil remained as the original members of the band until Cornell's death in 2017, and the band's subsequent split in 2018. Thayil was named the 100th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in 2010, and the 67th greatest guitarist of all time by SPIN in 2012. Thayil has won two Grammy Awards as a member of Soundgarden.

American - Musician | Born: September 4, 1960

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Nirvana's success drew attention to a marketing demographic previously ignored by the mainstream, and inadvertently started a gold rush with advertising executives, product manufacturers, merchandise distributors, fashion coordinators, and rock imitators, the latter of whom have yet to equal the sincerity, power, and wit of Nirvana.

Kim Thayil

There're the causes where people are like, "What can you do for us? You guys have success and stature; you can make money for us and at the same time present yourselves to the public as altruistic and civic-minded." So it's an exchange. I don't mind looking altruistic and civic-minded if we're actually being that way.

Kim Thayil

I play guitar because I like to make loud noises. And the guitar is the coolest way to make a loud noise.

Kim Thayil

We're happy with what we've achieved. Every record we've made has furthered the growth of our line of success. It's never disappeared or gone backward: each record sells more, each tour is bigger.

Kim Thayil

Being a rock star is really a 24-hour-a-day job, and you really can't escape it.

Kim Thayil

I'm still an angry dude. I'm just older. I still push the band to be heavy and dark-that's always been my role.

Kim Thayil