Quotes from Kurt Cobain


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My songs have always been frustrating themes, relationships that I've had. And now that I'm in love, I expect it to be really happy, or at least there won't be half as much anger as there was.


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


I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.


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.


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.


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


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


I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me.


I'm really interested in smells. I think I'd like to own a perfumery someday.


If I wouldn't have found Courtney, I probably would have carried on with a bisexual lifestyle.


I thought I would try to be gay for a while, but I'm just more sexually attracted to women. But I'm really glad that I found a few gay friends, because it totally saved me from becoming a monk or something.


I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to be a frontman. I just wanted to be back there and still be a rock and roll star at the same time.


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


I bought a gun and chose drugs instead.


The worst crime is faking it.


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


Ever since the beginning of rock and roll, there's been an Axl Rose. And it's just boring. It's totally boring to me.


Every time I see documentaries or infomercials about little kids with cancer, I just freak out. It affects me on the highest emotional level... Anytime I think about it, it makes me sadder than anything I can think of.


Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.