I learned how to play guitar by playing along to Jane’s Addiction records and Smashing Pumpkins records, things you can totally hear if you listen to my guitar. — Chino Moreno

I went to see Mogwai at the Fillmore, and that was both the loudest and quietest concert I’ve ever been to. — Chino Moreno

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. — Chino Moreno

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

To write lyrics and sing stuff used to be a real chore for me, especially before this ‘Diamond Eyes’ record. I was spending years making records. — Chino Moreno

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

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

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

I’ve always had a deep passion for a lot of early electronic and sampled music. — Chino Moreno

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. — Chino Moreno

I want to talk about my band, you know what I mean? I don’t want to talk about other bands. — Chino Moreno

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. — Chino Moreno

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

For me, the best part of being in a band is playing shows, all the raw energy. — Chino Moreno

I used to second guess myself all the time. I can sit there and work in circles when I’m nervous about what I’m doing. — Chino Moreno

It’s fun, working with different people, everybody works differently. When I have time off from music, I want to make other music. That’s what I do, that’s what’s fun, that’s what makes me happy. — Chino Moreno

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

A chance to work with the guys from Isis sounded like a lot of fun. I’ve always been into the atmospheric sounds they had created with that project and felt my sense of melody would meld well with theirs. — Chino Moreno

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. — Chino Moreno

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

When you hear the first five seconds to a song and you’ve pretty much heard the whole song, that’s kind of a bummer. — Chino Moreno