Kurt Cobain Quotes
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Same thing happened in the punk movement in the late 70's...a punk band would start, play one gig, and get signed to a major label right away, 'cause it was a trend. That just shows there are a lot of old school dinosaurs in the record industry who need to be weeded out.
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For the first seven years of my life, I listened to nothing but The Beatles.
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Yeah, I was run out of town. They chased me up to the castle of Aberdeen with torches. Just like the Frankenstein monster. And I got away in a hot air balloon. And I came here to Seattle.
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I won't eat anything green.
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The thrill and embarrassment of becoming international pop stars was too much, so we opened our mouths and put our foot in sometimes.
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I can’t comment on Soundgarden because I know them personally and I really like them a lot, but I have strong feelings towards Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains and bands like that. They’re obviously just corporate puppets that are just trying to jump on the alternative bandwagon - and we are being lumped into that category.
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I called Leo Fender, the dead guy, a dork. Now I'll never get an endorsement.
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Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
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I don't need to be inspired any longer, just supported.
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Believe everything you read.
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I sing and play the guitar, and I'm a walking, talking bacterial infection.
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The world sucks, people are not true.
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If I wouldn't have found Courtney, I probably would have carried on with a bisexual lifestyle.
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I am not gay, although I wish I were, just to piss off homophobes.
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Why in the hell do journalists insist on coming up with a second rate Freudian evaluation on my lyrics when 90% of the time they've transcribed the lyrics incorrectly?
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A miserable, self-destructive, death rocker...better to burn out than to fade away.
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I don’t have the passion anymore, and so remember, it’s better to burn out than to fade away.
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People are coming to shows on the strength of one song. I guess that's the way it goes.
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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.
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I mean I like to be passionate and sincere but I also like to have fun and act like a dork. Geeks unite.
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I'd rather hang out with the losers that would sit and smoke a cigarette than the ones who wanted to throw a baseball.
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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.
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My songs have always had frustrating themes - relationships I've had.
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I will get stoned and worship Satan.