Kurt Cobain Quotes

I’m not mad. I’m in a perfectly happy mood, you asshole.

Who needs action when you got words?

I wasn’t thriving socially, so I stayed in my room and played guitar all the time, at the time, I thought I was inventing a new sound that would change the whole outlook of music. I’ve discovered in the last few years that it was just the Seattle Sub Pop sound.

I was accepted by cool people because the cheerleaders thought I was cute. The jocks knew the jock-girls thought I was cute. I just chose not to hang around with them.

If you're a sexist, racist, homophobe, or basically an asshole, don't buy this CD. I don't care if you like me, I hate you.

There is nothing I like more than pure underground music

If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!

I hate myself, and I want to die

I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.

I was looking for something a lot heavier, yet melodic at the same time. Something different from heavy metal, a different attitude.

Expression and the right to express is vital, anyone can be artistic.

If you guys throw one more shoe or one more coin, I'm just going to leave my guitar next to my amp and there's going to be massive feed back for an hour.

There is plenty of Hühnerfleisch in the Kühlschrank. (There is plenty of chicken in the fridge).

People think of life as being so sacred and they feel like this is their only chance and they have to do something with their life and make an impact As far as I'm concerned, it's just a pitstop for the afterlife. It's just a little test to see how you can handle reality.

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.

For the first seven years of my life, I listened to nothing but The Beatles.

Alternative music is no longer alternative once it’s in the mainstream.

I'm so happy because today I found my friends - they're in my head.

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

I just don't like to get intimate. I don't want anyone to know what I feel and what I think, and if they can't get some kind of an idea of what sort of person I am through my music, then that's too bad.

When I was younger I knew I could do anything - I could be the president if I wanted to, but that was a stupid idea - I'd rather be a rock star.

Wearing a dress shows I can be as feminine as I want. I'm a heterosexual...big deal, but if I was a homosexual, it wouldn't matter, either.

I don't need to be inspired any longer, just supported.

I'm not well-read, but when I read, I read well.

I won't eat anything green.

The finest day i ever had was when tomorrow never came.

A miserable, self-destructive, death rocker...better to burn out than to fade away.

I really miss being able to blend in with people.

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.

If it was up to me, I'd get more oil tanker drivers drunk. I don't value music much. I like the Beatles, but I hate Paul McCartney. I like Led Zeppelin, but I hate Robert Plant. I like the Who, but I hate Roger Daltrey.

I'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory.

I just can't believe that anyone would start a band just to make the scene and be cool and have chicks. I just can't believe it.

I don't blame the average seventeen-year-old punk-rock kid for calling me a sellout. I understand that. And maybe when they grow up a little bit, they'll realize there's more things to life than living out your rock & roll identity so righteously.

I'm thought of as this pissy, complaining, freaked-out schizophrenic who wants to kill himself all the time.

We can plant a house, we can build a tree.

Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape. Go to the source and start there.

I have very bad posture.

I've always wanted male friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important things with and be as affectionate with that person as I would be with a girl.

Punk rock should mean freedom, liking and excepting anything that you like. Playing whatever you want. As sloppy as you want. As long as it's good and it has passion.

You can't buy happiness

I'd rather hang out with the losers that would sit and smoke a cigarette than the ones who wanted to throw a baseball.

Don't read my diary when I'm gone.

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

If I went to jail, at least I wouldn't have to sign autographs.

I’m not going to say a damn word about it being tough; I’m having the best time of my life!

Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. They're cheap and totally inefficient, and they sound like crap and are very small.

That's what music is: entertainment. The more you put yourself into it, the more of you comes out in it.

I'm too busy acting like I'm not Naive. I've seen it all, I was here first.