Kurt Cobain
133 quotes
Biography
Kurt Donald Cobain was an American musician and songwriter. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the grunge band Nirvana.
"I didn't know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me."
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not."
"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are"
"Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?"
"The duty of youth is to challenge corruption."
"There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life."
"They laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they're all the same."
"If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got."
"You can't buy happiness"
"We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers."
"In Aberdeen, I hated my best friends with a passion, because they were idiots."
"I'd like to live off the band, but if not, I'll just retire to Mexico or Yugoslavia with a few hundred dollars, grow potatoes, and learn the history of rock through back issues of Creem magazine."
"It's really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label...Most people don't have any dignity in the first place."
"Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock."
"I knew I was different. I thought that I might be gay or something because I couldn't identify with any of the guys at all. None of them liked art or music, they just wanted to fight and get laid. It was many years ago but it gave me this real hatred for the average American macho male."
"Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth. And it happens every few minutes."
"Hope I die before I turn into Pete Townshend."
"I would like to get rid of the homophobes, sexists, and racists in our audience. I know they're out there and it really bothers me."
"We sound like the Bay City Rollers after an assault by Black Sabbath. And, we vomit onstage better than anyone."
"If I went to jail, at least I wouldn't have to sign autographs."
"I just can’t believe anyone would start a band just to make the scene and be cool and have chicks. I just can’t believe it."
"I can’t comment on Soundgarden because I know them personally and I really like them a lot, but I have strong feelings towards Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains and bands like that. They’re obviously just corporate puppets that are just trying to jump on the alternative bandwagon - and we are being lumped into that category."
"Zits are beauty marks."
"All drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem. They’re no good at all. But I’m not going to go around preaching against [them]."
"I wouldn’t wear a tie-dyed tee-shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia."