Nirvana Quotes
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I wish there had been a music business 101 course I could have taken.
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I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school.
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We just do what we always do. We play shows and go home and rest and then play more shows.
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I bought a gun and chose drugs instead.
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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.
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CBGB was a wild place, ... The first time I ever played there was in 1987, I think, with my hardcore band, Scream. And I remember the craziest [thing] about that club was you could be in front of the stage and it could be louder than any show you've ever been to in your life. But if you were towards the back of the club at the bar, you could sit and have a conversation with someone. It was the weirdest thing to me.
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Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.
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I know a lot of people who wouldn't be comfortable with everything that comes with being in a band as big as Nirvana. The thing that I don't understand is not appreciating that simple gift of being able to play music.
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There's a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you get married, you fall in love with the person even more.
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Some people record onto tape, and then they pay for the tape, and download those onto a hard drive. Initially in a Pro Tools program. Other people go straight into digital, and use no tape at all.
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It’s every band’s right, you shouldn’t have to do f___ing Glee. And then the guy who created Glee is so offended that we’re not, like, begging to be on his f___ing show… f___ that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee.
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I believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it's changed generations of people.
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I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.
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I'm thought of as this pissy, complaining, freaked-out schizophrenic who wants to kill himself all the time.
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John Lennon was definitely my favorite Beatle, hands down.
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You create attention to attract attention.
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I love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs?
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My lyrics are a big pile of contradictions.
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Just because it's all you want, doesn't mean it's all you need.
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With the lights out, It's less dangerous. Here we are now, Entertain us. I feel stupid, And contagious. Here we are now. Entertain us.
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Once you fall in love... It's different.
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It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.
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From one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most important rock band of all time.
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I'm on my time with everyone.