To me, music shouldn't be ego-driven. When you go out on stage and play songs, it is. But when you're sitting in a room, writing songs, it's a completely different process. It's a completely different place. It's a creative place, a musical place. It has nothing to do with who likes what.

The Shemps also featured bassist Hiro Yamamoto. He said "Soundgarden is pumped and primed on Superunknown and they deliver the goods. it got me away from just the daily drudgery of depression and either trying to not drink or do drugs or doing them and you know they give you such a simple message that any idiot can get and it's just over and over but the bottom line is really and this is the part that is scary for everyone the individual kinda has to want it.

Cornell's signature prowess as a musician is generally noted as his 4-octave vocal range as well as his powerful vocal belting technique. " Cornell also released his first live solo album titled Songbook in November 2011. He performed the theme song to the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006) "You Know My Name.