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

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

- 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…

- 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 backwar…

- Kim Thayil

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

- Kim Thayil

Nirvana's success drew attention to a marketing demographic previously ignored by the mainstream, and inadvertently started a gold rush with advertis…

- Kim Thayil