Kurt Cobain Quotes
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Expression and the right to express is vital, anyone can be artistic.
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I wasn't thriving socially, so I stayed in my room and played guitar all the time.
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I remember feeling ashamed, for some reason. I was ashamed of my parents. I couldn't face some of my friends at school anymore, because I desperately wanted to have the classic, you know, typical family. Mother, father. I wanted that security, so I resented my parents for quite a few years because of that.
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There's nothing more comfortable than a cosy flower pattern.
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I had a really good childhood up until I was nine years old. Then a classic case of divorce really affected me and I moved back and forth between relatives all the time. And I just became extremely depressed and withdrawn.
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My songs have always had frustrating themes - relationships I've had.
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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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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.
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You do learn things and one of them is that happiness has nothing to do with validation from other people, the important thing is being happy with yourself ... finding something that is important to you and sticking with it no matter what anyone says. The truth is you've got to really be tough because there are all kinds of forces that are always trying to get you to do things their way ... trying to tell you that you are throwing your life away if you don't follow their advice.
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Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.
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Humans are stupid. I'm ashamed to be human.
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The world sucks, people are not true.
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Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
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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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I'm really interested in smells. I think I'd like to own a perfumery someday.
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I don't need to be inspired any longer, just supported.
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Maybe we can change some kid's life & stop him from becoming a welder or a sleazy lawyer.
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Believe everything you read.
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I have to admit I've found myself doing the same things that a lot of other rock stars do or are forced to do. Which is not being able to respond to mail, not being able to keep up on current music, and I'm pretty much locked away a lot. The outside world is pretty foreign to me.
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I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't.
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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.
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In Aberdeen, I hated my best friends with a passion, because they were idiots.
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I won't eat anything green.