Kurt Cobain Quotes

No matter what you do or say, there's nothing that you can do to make people understand you.

all i want...is mac and cheese

I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't.

Sometimes I wish I had taken the Bob Dylan route and sang songs where my voice would not go out on me every night, so I could have a career if I wanted.

What people don't realize is that the so-called Seattle grunge scene grew out of several close-knit gourmet supper clubs - we would only pick up guitars to pass the time while our dishes were simmering, baking, boiling, etc.

If I could get that girl [Courtney Love] to publish her poetry, the world would change.

My mother always tried to keep a little bit of British culture in our family. We'd drink tea all the time!

When I listen to 'Nevermind,' I hate the production, but there's something about it that almost makes me cry at times.

Looking back on the production of 'Nevermind,' I'm embarrassed by it now.' It's closer to a Motley Crue record than it is a punk rock record.

I only remember a few things about Jimmy Carter. He had big lips and liked peanuts. I now know that Jimmy Carter was and is a good man.

My father is incapable of showing much affection, or even of carrying on a conversation. I didn't want to have a relationship with him just because he's my blood relative. It would bore me.

I like to have strong opinions with nothing to back them up with besides my primal sincerity. I like sincerity. I lack sincerity.

Holding Frances in my arms is the best drug in the world.

I would love to be erased from our association with Pearl Jam or the Nymphs and other first time offenders.

I’m worse at what I do best.

We were the chosen rejects. We chose not to be apart of the popular crowd. I mean, I can rember a lot of times the more popular people, the 'jock type' of people who were into sports, and staying clean, and brushing there teeth all the time, they always asked me if I wanted to join their little club, and i decided not to, you know, I would rather hang out with the people who didn't get picked for the baseball team, you know, who smoke cigarettes and listen to rock 'n' roll music.

If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first.

Birds... scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth. They know the truth. Screaming bloody murder all over the world in our ears, but sadly we don't speak bird.

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.

My heart is broke, but I have some glue, help me inhale and mend it with you.

Load up our guns Bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend

Oh well, whatever, nevermind.

We were just amazed we were putting out a record. We were, and are, still learning. But we've never cared much for professionalism as long as the energy was there. Like our live shows: We're out of tune and use a lot of feedback. That's not on purpose or because we don't care, we're just musically and rhythmically retarded and we play so hard that we can't tune our guitars fast enough.

When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that band - or at least in a Pixies cover band.

I wish there had been a music business 101 course I could have taken.

I've had this terrible stomach problem for years, and that has made touring difficult. People would see me sitting in the corner by myself looking sick and gloomy. The reason is that I was trying to fight against the stomach pain, trying to hold my food down. People looked me and assumed I was some kind of addict.

Absolutely. Slade! A band that would never bend over.

There is nothing I can say that I haven't thought before.

Humans are stupid. I'm ashamed to be human.

To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important, sacred or valuable. To be negative at all times is to be threatened by ridiculousness and instant discredibility.

I'm left-handed, and it's not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars. But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. I've only owned two of them.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

The worst crime I could think of would be to pull people off by faking it, pretending as if I'm having 100% fun.

Music is first, lyrics are secondary.

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on.

My songs have always had frustrating themes - relationships I've had

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.

And I swear that I don't have a gun.

You know what I hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts. 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.

Here we are now, entertain us.

Thank you all from the pit of my burning, nauseous stomach for your letters and concern during the past years.

The world sucks, people are not true

Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?

I don’t have the passion anymore, and so remember, it’s better to burn out than to fade away.

If you read, you'll judge.

I don’t wanna have any other kind of job. I can’t work among people. I may as well try & make a career out of this. All my life my dream has been to be a big rock star - just may as well abuse it while you can.

She eyes me like a pisces.

My lyrics are a big pile of contradictions.