Chino Moreno

Musician

1973-06-20

Chino Moreno is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of Deftones. He has also performed in several side projects across alternative and experimental music.

Quotes by Chino Moreno

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.
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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.
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I don't watch TV. In my spare time, if I have any, I want to make music.
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I have this natural want to... when things sound very easy and straightforward, something inside me always makes me want to take a left turn. If it comes to me and it's too simple, there has to be a more complicated route. I will complicate things like that at times.
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I think a lot of bands are influenced by religious symbolism and not even necessarily Christianity or Catholicism.
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Deja vu is one of the weirdest things that happens to me. It boggles my mind.
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When you're younger, you have a lot more aggression.
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