Biografía

Krist Novoselic, the former bassist for Nirvana, thanked Silver during his speech at the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for "introducing Nirvana to the music industry properly".

Has a daughter, Lillian Jean Cornell-Silver (born June 28, 2000), with then-husband Chris Cornell.

Arguably one of the most formidable band managers of the 1990s, Silver handled multiplatinum grunge acts including Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Screaming Trees.

Retired from the music business in the late 90s, closing down Susan Silver Management so she could concentrate on raising a family.

At the 2012 MusiCares' Stevie Ray Vaughan Award, Alice in Chains' guitarist/vocalist, Jerry Cantrell, credited Silver as one of the people who helped him go to rehab and get clean. He thanked her during his acceptance speech and said "I love you my sister". Cantrell had also named Silver as one of his heroes in a 2002 interview while he was promoting his solo album Degradation Trip.

I'm sure I've been the butt of a lot of sexist jokes, especially since I got involved with major labels, being a woman with no experience, living in Seattle, managing her boyfriend's band. It was prime material for jokes, but I didn't get in the middle of those sort of cocktail conversations or listen to that whispering. I was up here with my dream that people would care about what Seattle has to offer musically.

The hardest part of being a manager is being helpless to other people's self-destruction.

Early in my life I was inspired by the creative process. Music was definitely an important part of that. I did lots of volunteer work with large organizations and theater groups and things that involved music. I just basically started as a professional volunteer...

[on Layne Staley] I loved him and will always love him. He was like a brother to me. He was this little broken but gentle spirit. We did everything we could think of to help him choose life, but sadly the disease won instead.

One thing about management is it doesn't matter whether you're someone's girlfriend, wife, sister, or siamese twin. Simply put, you are as successful as your acts are. If my clients never had gold records, nobody would care. But if things go well then there's a perception that someone must have done a good job, that the artist is good, and that the manager must not be too much of an idiot. When you get a gold record, suddenly you get more respect. Likewise, if you get double platinum, suddenly people become very respectful.