Kurt Cobain Quotes

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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Kurt Donald Cobain (19 December 1967 – ca. 5 April 1994) was the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the American grunge band, Nirvana.

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Pen Names: Kurdt Kobain

Alternative Names: Kurt Donald Cobain • Kurt D. Cobain

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I would rather be hated for what I am, then loved for what I am not.

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.

Drugs are bad for you. They will fuck you up.

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.

It’s sad to think what the state of rock and roll will be twenty years from now. It just seems like when rock and roll is dead the whole world’s gonna explode. It’s already so rehashed and so plagariazed that it’s barely alive now. It’s disgusting. I mean, kids don’t even really care about rock and roll as much as they used to, as the other generations have. It’s already turned into nothing but a fashion statement and an identity for kids to use as a tool for them to fuck and have a social life. And at that point I really can’t see music being of any importance to a teenager, really.

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.

It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.

Do your own thing. Others own their own thing. If you copy too much, you'll find yourself in late night cocktail lounge cover band limbo.

The thrill and embarrassment of becoming international pop stars was too much, so we opened our mouths and put our foot in sometimes.

Married, Married, Married!
Buried!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

it’s better to burn out than fade away

Music is energy. A mood, atmosphere. Feeling.

Oh well, whatever, nevermind.

"Look on the bright side, suicide
Lost eyesight I'm on your side
Angel left wing, right wing, broken wing
Lack of iron and/or sleeping
Protector of the kennel
Ecto-plasma, Ecto-skeletal
Obituary birthday
Your scent is still here in my place of recovery!" ~

Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.