Kurt: on life  

KurtI really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else. ~ Kurt Cobain

Kurt: On Being Different 

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. ~ Kurt Cobain

Kurt: Lyrics

KurtWhy in the hell do journalists insist on coming up with a second rate Freudian evaluation on my lyrics when 90 percent of the time they've transcribed the lyrics incorrectly?  ~ Kurt Cobain

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Kurt Cobain  Quotes

  • My lyrics are a big pile of contradictions. They're split between very sincere opinions and feelings that I have, and sarcastic opinions and feelings that I have, and sarcastic and hopeful, humorous rebuttles towards cliche, bohemian ideals that have been exhausted for years. I meean, I like to be passionate and sincere, but I also like to have fun and act like a dork ~Kurt Cobain
  • The finest day i ever had was when tomorrow never came. ~Kurt Cobain
  • A friend is nothing but a known enemy. ~Kurt Cobain
  • Don't expect me to cry for all the reasons you had to die. ~Kurt Cobain
  • Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self esteem. ~Kurt Cobain
  • I bought a gun and chose drugs instead. ~Kurt Cobain
  • I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me. ~Kurt Cobain
  • I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else. ~Kurt Cobain
  • I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't. ~Kurt Cobain
  • I was looking for something a lot heavier, yet melodic at the same time. Something different from heavy metal, a different attitude. ~Kurt Cobain
  • I won't eat anything green. ~Kurt Cobain
  • I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. ~Kurt Cobain
  • I'm so happy because today I found my friends - they're in my head. ~Kurt Cobain
  • I'm too busy acting like I'm not Naive. I've seen it all, I was here first. ~Kurt Cobain
  • I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me. ~Kurt Cobain
  • If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail! ~Kurt Cobain
  • 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. ~Kurt Cobain
  • If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first. ~Kurt Cobain
  • It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings. ~Kurt Cobain
  • Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. ~Kurt Cobain
  • The duty of youth is to challenge corruption. ~Kurt Cobain
  • The worst crime is faking it. ~Kurt Cobain
  • Thought the sun is gone, I have a light. ~Kurt Cobain
  • Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. ~Kurt Cobain
  • We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers. ~Kurt Cobain
  • We're so trendy we can't even escape ourselves. ~Kurt Cobain
  • Why in the hell do journalists insist on coming up with a second rate Freudian evaluation on my lyrics when 90 percent of the time they've transcribed the lyrics incorrectly? ~Kurt Cobain
  • I mean I like to be passionate and sincere but I also like to have fun and act like a dork. Geeks unite. ~Kurt Cobain
  • Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art. ~Kurt Cobain
  • 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. ~Kurt Cobain
  • I'm a much happier guy than a lot of people think I am. ~Kurt Cobain
  • Expression and the right to express is vital, anyone can be artistic. ~Kurt Cobain
  • 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 dis-credibility. ~Kurt Cobain
  • I use bits and pieces of others personalities to form my own. ~Kurt Cobain

Controversy: Advocate  

Kurt Cobain AdvocateIt's 4 o'clock on a cold Seattle afternoon, and Kurt Cobain, the lyricist-guitarist-lead singer of Nirvana, is sitting in a downtown hotel room, playing with his 5-month-old daughter, Frances, while his wife, Courtney Love-lead singer of her own band, Hole-applies her makeup. At the moment, the Cobains (including the baby) are on the cover of Spin magazine-which has named Nirvana as Artist of the Year-and the band's new album, Incesticide, is due out within the week. The Nirvana media machine should be in high gear.

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Murder or Suicide?

Kurt's grandfather Leland Cobain, 80, is plagued by the suspicion that Kurt didn't kill himself. "I think he was murdered," he says. (In fact, conspiracy theories have spread over the years, but the Seattle police say the case is closed.)

 

"It was pretty sad," Leland Cobain says. "I didn't believe it. I couldn't
believe it was suicide. Still don't."

 

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Michael Azerrad Interview:

Analyzing his own songs at length reminded Kurt of something. "I'm just starting to realize why I had such a hard time with interviews when this record came out," he said. "People were going through the songs and trying to get me to explain them and I just don't even have any opinions on them. They are all basically saying the same thing: I have this conflict between good and evil and man and woman and that's about it." 

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I met Kurt in 1986 during a telephone call. I was introduced to him by Andrew Wood.  Kurt and I continued to talk on the telephone until the week he died in 1994.  I started a blog to journal my memories of our shared conversations. 


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